Australia's Chris Burton wins a silver medal in the individual eventing competition at the Chateau of Versailles.
Australian Chris Burton has won a silver medal in the individual eventing competition at the Chateau of Versailles.Burton's win brings Australia's medal tally at the Paris Olympics to a total of seven.
Toowoomba's Burton, now based in Great Britain, was lying third overnight after the dressage and cross country sections but moved into the silver-medal position after Monday's qualifying round. "It's amazing. It's a dream come true. I don't know what happens when you get old, you get emotional all of a sudden."Burton and Shadow Man only had their first competition together in March, when British owner Ben Hobday – believing he had no realistic chance of making the Olympics himself amid huge competition in the UK – loaned the horse for six months to his Australian pal."I'm just blessed to get to ride a horse like that," Burton said.
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