A King is crowned, a British medal and Paris 2024 qualification: seven of the biggest stories from the World Showjumping Championships

It has been a fantastic week of top-class competition at the Agria FEI World Showjumping Championships in Herning, Denmark – the final fence has now been jumped, the medals handed out, and horses and riders on their way home. We round up what you need to know from a superb championship.

It was team bronze for Britain; the first World Showjumping Championships medal we have won since 1998, which also secured qualification to the 2024 Paris Olympics, while Sweden took gold.

• Find out how the medals were decided in an action-packed evening

King Edward did not touch a pole all week to claim his crown in the individual final with Sweden’s Henrik von Eckermann

• Find out how the individual final played out

Ireland may have missed out on medals, but the team secured Paris 2024 Olympic qualification in their first attempt

• Read what Cian O’Connor had to say about getting that “monkey off their back”

Sweden’s chef d’equipe Henrik Ankarcrona discussed the realities of the championship rollercoaster, as Sweden held gold-medal position in both the team and individual rankings from day one

• Find out what Henrik had to say when our reporter caught up with him

Among the horses competing was a gentle stallion with no front teeth, who has a teddy bear on his halter

• Read what former Olympic champion Nick Skelton had to say to this horse’s rider before they went into the ring

Another notable horse was a homebred mare making her senior championship debut along with her Australian rider

• Find out why H&H named this mare horse of the day on Wednesday

And you won’t want to miss this gelding who has returned to top form after being ruled out for seven months owing to an injury

• Read about this rider’s ecstatic reaction to one of the few clear rounds in the team final 

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Becky Murray

H&H senior news writer

Since joining H&H in 2018, Becky has covered a broad range of equestrian news including welfare matters, veterinary studies, FEI Tribunal hearings and road safety campaigns. She has also interviewed top riders including Scott Brash, John Whitaker and Ian Stark, to name just a few. Becky’s reporting has taken her to Canada for Spruce Meadows and France for Pau five-star, as well as the Royal Highland and Blair Castle International Horse Trials closer to home. She was also a key part of the remote reporting team for the Tokyo Olympics and the Europeans.