The Germans bounced back from their Olympic disappointment to win this fixture in Belgium over France and Great Britain.

Roberta Sheffield, Jody Schloss and Austen Burns will represent the maple leaf when para-dressage action gets underway September 3-7.

The German pipped Isabell Werth, who again had to settle for silver, this time with Wendy, while Lottie Fry took bronze with Glamourdale.

It was Germany's 15th Olympic team victory, but it happened by the narrowest of margins - just 0.121 percentage points.

This victory marked Great Britain’s third team title in the history of jumping at the Olympic Games; USA took silver and France bronze.

There were a few surprises: the defending Olympic champions from Sweden placed 8th, Brazil was eliminated and Switzerland is out.

The Grand Prix competition decided the 10 nations qualified for Saturday’s Grand Prix Special, in which all teams will start from scratch.

As temperatures and humidity soar in Versailles, the FEI implements climate mitigation protocols to keep the equine athletes comfortable.

Germany’s Jung becomes the first three-time individual champion as eventing comes to a close at the Paris Olympics.

The draw deciding starting orders for the 15 countries has been held; the Grand Prix takes place over two days.