Charlotte Dujardin became the first British woman to win six Olympic medals with a stunning individual dressage bronze in Tokyo.
Riding young horse Gio, the three-time Olympic champion produced a brilliant ride to snatch third place on the podium in the Grand Prix freestyle final she won in London and Rio.
Following a bronze in the team event with Carl Hester and Lottie Fry yesterday, it means she has three golds, one silver and two bronze medals from three Olympic appearances.
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That takes Dujardin one medal clear of Dame Katherine Grainger and Kitty McCane to sit alone as the most decorated female British Olympian of all time.
Hester, the oldest athlete to represent Team GB at Tokyo 2020 at 54, finished eighth while newcomer Charlotte Fry was 13th.
An emotional Dujardin said bronze on 'phenomenal' Gio felt just as good as a gold medal.
She said: "I wasn't going to go down without a good fight. I finished and it was the biggest adrenaline rush ever. He didn't make a mistake. He gave me so much.
"I was literally throwing him from one thing to another thing, and he just keeps going. What he has done is phenomenal.
"It's as good as previous Olympics, it is as good as a gold medal. A horse that has such little experience. I feel so emotional. He had no idea what he was doing, but he just goes in there and does it.
"If you think he's ten years old doing this, he's going to be a superstar.”
Dujardin admitted she could not believe she had overtaken Grainger in the all-time rankings, having only drawn level with the former rower by winning bronze in the team event in Tokyo.
"I can't believe it. To be level with Katherine Grainger was pretty impressive but now I've actually beaten it, oh my God," added Dujardin.
"I can't quite believe it, I'm incredibly proud and a bit speechless. I just don't know what to feel.”
Dujardin's super horse Valero was retired in 2016 after helping her win three gold medals but she revealed meeting new ride Gio was love at first sight.
"The minute I clocked eyes on him, I instantly fell in love with him," she explained.
"I spoke to the girl who owned him and asked her for a go. I knew if I rode him everyone would want to buy him so I needed to make some sort of deal.
"I asked if she'd be interested in selling him and she said 'If I'm going to sell him to anyone, I'm going to sell him to you'.
"You just know, I looked at him and loved him and got on him and was like 'wow'.”