O'Connor claims medal for Ireland after jump-off

Cian O'Connor has won a bronze medal for Ireland after the final of the show jumping at Greenwich Park.

Wed, 08 Aug, 2012 - 17:07

Cian O'Connor has won a bronze medal for Ireland after the final of the show jumping at Greenwich Park.

O'Connor had to compete in a jump-off for the silver medal with Gerco Schroeder from the Netherlands after they both scored a time penalty to incur one penalty fault and come out joint second behind Steve Guerdat of Switzerland.

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