Dominant display in concluding laser run seals winGold takes Team GB’s tally to 18 at the 2020 GamesKate French of Great
Britain produced a stirring laser run performance on a steamy night at the Tokyo Stadium to reel in the field and take gold in the modern pentathlon.
French came to these Games having won the
World Cup event this year, but still vaguely haunted by her fifth spot in Rio five years ago. At 30, she has her moment of sporting ultimacy in one of the most taxing, mixed and undeniably strange disciplines at the Games.