Kuerten inspires Irish medal hopes

Jessica Kuerten sits joint-first ahead of this evening's individual show jumping final at Athens' Markopoulo centre after a stunning clear round on ten-year-old mare Castle Forbes Maike.

The 34-year-old Antrim-born rider rode one of two clear rounds - the second from Great Britain veteran Nick Skelton - in this afternoon's first round, spearheading the Irish challenge with Cian O'Connor also sitting pretty in joint-4th, after 4 faults, and Kevin Babington joint-12th, with two fences down on Olaf Petersen's course.