01/Oct/2000
Show jumping
JEROEN DUBBELDAM OF THE NETHERLANDS WINS JUMPING GOLD

SYDNEY, Australia (Oct. 1)--Jeroen Dubbeldam of the Netherlands won the gold medal for show jumping, emerging victorious in a three-way jump-off from his compatriot Albert Voorn and Khaled Al Eid of Saudi Arabia.

Rodrigo Pessoa (AP Photo)

The jumping final was held over two rounds, with the penalties for both rounds added together to determine the winners. The three medalists were tied on four penalties, one knocked rail, at the end of regulation competition.

Dubbeldam knocked no rails down in the jump-off, while Voorn and Al Eid both knocked one. Voorn secured silver with a better time.

Brazilian Rodrigo Pessoa, the 1998 world champion and gold medal favorite, had a disastrous last round.

Riding last and needing a clear round to win gold, he knocked down a rail at the first jump and then his horse, Baloubet Du Rouet, refused to attempt the eighth jump and he was eliminated.

Terra Sports/Reuters