58-year-old wins silver in team jumping event Team USA also win first sailing medal in eight years
Laura Kraut made history on Friday at the Olympics as she became the oldest US medalist at the Games in 72 years.
Kraut was part of the US equestrian jumping team that claimed silver behind Great Britain at Versailles, where the host nation France won bronze.
Kraut claimed silver alongside her teammates Karl Cook and McClain Ward, and their horses Baloutinue, Caracole de la Roque and Ilex.
It was Kraut’s third Olympic medal in team jumping: she won gold in Beijing in 2008 and silver at the last Games, in Tokyo.
The oldest ever Olympic medalist, excluding arts competitions in the early versions of the Games, is Oscar Swahn. Kraut has some way to go to beat his mark: he was 72 when he won a shooting silver in 1920.
Elsewhere on Friday, Team USA won their first Olympic sailing medal since Rio eight years ago.
The United States men’s skiff team, Ian Barrows and Hans Henken, were surprised by their surprise bronze that broke a dearth of sailing medals for the Americans.
The United States men’s skiff team, Ian Barrows and Hans Henken, were surprised by their surprise bronze that broke a dearth of sailing medals for the Americans.
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