By Joseph Schwerdt, NBCOlympics.com


ATHENS — Germans swept the eventing gold medals Wednesday, despite a ruling that had stripped them of the team title and crippled Bettina Hoy’s individual hopes.









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“All day long I had mixed emotions,” Hoy said, “from happiness to sadness.”


American Kim Severson took bronze in the individual competition, behind Hoy and Great Britain’s Leslie Law. Severson earlier fell just short of securing a team bronze for the U.S. when she dropped a rail on the final jump. The four-point penalty dropped the U.S. to fourth

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