‘Tiny margins decided the medals’
CHARLOTTE DUJARDIN’S brilliant individual bronze in Tokyo has left me on an adrenaline high. The standard of riding at the top end of the freestyle was awe-inspiring.
What struck me about almost all of the final group of big-hitters – Charlotte, Cathrine Dufour, Isabell Werth and Jessica von Bredow-Werndl – was their maintenance of unwavering focus while under extreme pressure.
These riders’ technical skills, competitiveness and training ability are already proven
