LIVE: Maher and Explosion are the new Olympic Champions!

LIVE: Maher and Explosion are the new Olympic Champions!


Today the Olympic individual final is scheduled in Tokyo. To follow it LIVE with LIVE STREAM, best check Eurosport (click here)... we are on the spot and keep you updated as well!

Picture: Libby Law

13.49 Henrik von Eckermann does it in 39.71, good for a provisional third place

13.47 Ben Maher takes the lead!

13;45 Peder Fredricson dives under the time of Johnson with 38.02 seconds.

13.43 Malin Baryard-Johnson finishes with Indiana in 40.76 and so takes the lead

13.41 Daisuke Fukushima stays clear in 43.76 and immediately puts pressure on the other combinations

13.40 The jump-off starts

13.24 Ben Maher and Explosion are the last combinations to jump clear. A jump-off with six will decide about the medals.

13.21 Darragh Kenny and Cartello cannot keep the zero either. They conclude with eight penalty points

13.19 Ashlee Bond and Donatella 141 conclude with five penalty points

13.17 Maikel van der Vleuten gives the Netherlands hope for a medal. He jumps a clear round! 

13.12 Mario Deslauriers and Bardolina 2 have three faults behind their name. The Swiss are also without a rider in the jump-off.

13.09 Also for Bertram Allen and Pacino Amiro two jumping faults end. No jump-off for them

13.08 Gregory Wathelet and Nevados finish with one jumping fault. The Belgians can thus put away their hopes of an individual Olympic medal...

13.06 Luciana Diniz and Vertigo du Desert get one more jumping fault in the final line

13.03 Scott Brash and Jefferson get one point for time behind their name

13.01 It is not the day of the Belgians. After Bruynseels and Delux from T&L already came in later than their normal start number, they don't make it to the finish.

12.59 Will the stage be all-Swedish? It just might be! Peder Fredricson can also keep the zero! 

12.57 What a disappointment for Jerome Guery and Quel Homme de Hus. A refusal on the last obstacle means the end of the Olympic dream

12.53 Daniel Deusser and Killer Queen get two jumping faults against all odds

12.50 Normally, Niels Bruynseels should have come on board but for some unknown reason he is still waiting; it is now Daniel Deusser's turn.

12.49 Yuri Mansur and Alfons get two jumping faults behind their name

12.47 Harry Charles, as the youngest participant, concludes his Games with an entry

12.44 A second clear round for the Swedes. Malin Baryard-Johnson and H&M Indiana also jumped a clear round.

12.42 Nicolas Delmotte and Urvoso du Roch conclude with 5 penalties

12.39 Daisuke Fukushima's splendid performance assures a big surprise! He rides Chanyon clear to the finish!

12.37 Martin Fuchs, the European champion, gets two jumping faults behind his name. No medal for him and Clooney...

12.35 Kristaps Neretnieks and Valour cannot keep the zero. They finish with 13 penalty points

12.32 Henrik von Eckermann and King Edward provide the first clear round 

12;30 Marc Houtzager and Sterrehof's Dante could not keep the zero either. 13 penalty points in the verdict

12.25 It's waiting for Marc Houtzager to take the last obstacles in the warm up

12.22 Nayel Nassar and Igor vd Wittemoere end with 13 penalty points

12.19 Koki Sato and Chilensky (by Cornet Obolensky) end their Games with four penalty points in the basic course and one point for time

12.17 Cian O'Connor can keep the zero with Kilkenny (by Cardento), but gets one time penalty.

12.13 The oldest competitor in the final, Geir Gulliksen, is abandons with Quatro (by Quaprice Bois Margot).

12.11 Eiken Sato and Saphyr des Lacs (by Mr. Blue) are the first Japanese combination in the ring. The duo concludes with 16 penalty points

12.08 Beat Mandli with Dsarie (by Veron) has had enough after a few faults. He leaves the ring.

12.05 Mouda Zeyada (Galanthos Shk) cannot keep the zero either. He gets 8 penalty points behind his name

12.02 New Zealander Daniel Meech (Cinca 3) is the first to start. His 14 penalty points show that the course is no sinecure.