Switzerland will take a narrow lead into Fridayโ€™s eagerly-awaited team finale of the Bank of America Merrill Lynch Jumping Championship at the FEI World Equestrian Gamesโ„ข Tryon 2018 (WEG).

Italyโ€™s Lorenzo de Luca heads the individual competition, which finishes on Sunday. The host nation of the United States also made its presence felt through brilliant displays by McLain Ward and Adrienne Sternlicht that pushed the team into second behind the Swiss, with Germany in third.

Joining those three nations in the final at U.S. Trust Arena will be Sweden, the Netherlands, Ireland, France, Australia, Great Britain and Canda, with the top six finishers all securing prized Olympic qualification for Tokyo 2020.

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