Dujardin wins second gold in dressage

Rider Charlotte Dujardin made Olympic history today by winning her second gold medal of London 2012.

A brilliant dressage display set to patriotic music including Land Of Hope And Glory and The Great Escape, delighted huge crowds at Greenwich and won the 27-year-old her second gold.

The victory for Dujardin and her horse Valegro means she joins Dame Kelly Holmes, Rebecca Adlington and Laura Trott as elite women who have won two golds in one Games.

She clasped her hand across her face and wept with joy as her winning score was revealed.

There was further success for British dressage when Laura Bechtolsheimer won bronze.

Earlier this week the dressage team of Dujardin, Bechtolsheimer and Carl Hester won gold.

The medals take Team GB’s medal haul at London 2012 to 50 – 23 gold, 13 silver and 14 bronze.

Dujardin hugged her mother Jane, who told the BBC: “I am just so proud, it’s just unbelievable.”

She said of her daughter’s riding skills: “She could make a donkey do anything.”