Britain's Dujardin wins individual dressage gold
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Charlotte Dujardin of Great Britain rises her arms after competing with her horse Valegro in the equestrian dressage individual competition, at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012, in London. Charlotte Dujardin won the gold medal in the equestrian dressage individual competition. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
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Charlotte Dujardin of Great Britain rises her arm after competing with her horse Valegro in the equestrian dressage individual competition, at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
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Adelinde Cornelissen, of the Netherlands, rides her horse Parzival, in the equestrian dressage competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
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Laura Bechtolsheimer, of Great Britain, rides her horse Mistral Hojris in the equestrian dressage competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
LONDON (AP) — Charlotte Dujardin of Britain won the Olympic individual dressage gold medal Thursday on Valegro, scoring 90.089 percent in the deciding grand prix musical freestyle.
Adelinde Cornelissen of the Netherlands, riding Parzival, won silver, while Britain's Laura Bechtolsheimer, on Mistral Hojris, took the bronze. World Cup champion Cornelissen scored 88.196, and Bechtolsheimer had 84.339.
Dujardin chose music that pleased the partisan British crowd, including Olympic theme music and chimes from Big Ben.
Britain also won team gold in dressage earlier this week, beating Germany and the Netherlands.
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