Ireland’s showjumping team missed out on a medal in the Olympic Games final at Versailles as they finished seventh despite a clear round from Ardmore’s Daniel Coyle.
Shane Sweetnam, on board Jame Kann Cruz, led the Irish team off an he was looking good until knocking down a pole on the last fence.
A single time penalty gave him a total of five faults.
But a near faultless display from Coyle following on from a clear round in the qualifier on Thursday, vaulted Ireland up to fourth place after two riders and in the hunt for the medals with only one fence separating the top five countries.
However the London 2012 individual bronze medallist, Cian O’Connor, couldn’t provide the clear round needed to put the pressure on the top three.
Riding Maurice, he had two fences down and a time penalty for a score of nine faults, leaving the Irish total on 14.
Great Britain took gold ahead of the USA and France.