- Dominant display in concluding laser run seals win
- Gold takes Team GB’s tally to 18 at the 2020 Games
Kate French of Great Britain produced an extraordinary laser run performance to destroy a high class field and win gold in the individual modern pentathlon at the Tokyo Stadium.
French came to these Games having never won an Olympic medal. Aged 30, she now has her moment of sporting ultimacy in one of the most taxing, nuanced and – let’s face it – occasionally bizarre disciplines at the Games, played out over five and half hours in the baking heat of Tokyo.
