10 things you need to know from the Tokyo Olympic showjumping individual final: British gold, a break-through showjumping star and more sumo wrestlers…

Britain’s brilliant Ben Maher and Explosion W scooped individual gold with their foot-perfect performance in the Olympic showjumping individual final.

• Find out what Ben had to say about his winning jump-off round and why Explosion is the best horse he has ridden

Ben has another reason to celebrate later this month, as he will tie the knot with fiancee ​​Sophie Gracida.

• Find out how the couple will be celebrating and how Ben has been balancing wedding planning with preparing for the Olympics

Scott Brash and Jefferson were tantalisingly close to jumping off for individual glory, but missed out by less than a second.

• Read what Scott had to say about about his “frustrating” result

Course designer Santiago Varela produced another spectacular track for the final and the jump-off.

• Take a look round the stunning final and jump-off courses

Harry Charles completed the trio of British riders through to the final in Tokyo on this, his first Olympics.

• Find out what Harry had to say about making the individual final on his Olympic debut

H&H’s rider of the day, Japan’s Daisuke Fukushima, became a breakthrough showjumping star with his performance in the individual final, giving a huge result for the home-nation with sixth place.

• Find out more about this talented rider that you need to have on your radar

Cian O’Connor was the highest-placed Irish rider, sharing seventh place with Scott Brash. He has made the decision not to jump as part of the team later this week after his ride, Kilkenny, sustained a nosebleed.

• Read about Cian’s decision and find out who will be swapped in on the Irish team

World number one Daniel Deusser missed out on a place in the jump-off after rolling a couple of poles with his fiery mare, Killer Queen.

• Find out why he blames himself for the costly eight faults

Switzerland’s Martin Fuchs, hotly tipped as a medal contender with his world and European medal-winning ride Clooney 51, was unlucky to tip both the penultimate and the final fence.

• Read what Martin had to say about his round

And finally, H&H’s horse of the day had to be the fabulous All In, who won his second Olympic individual silver medal with Sweden’s Peder Fredricson.

• Read about the wonderful “Alan” and what makes him so special

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