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A chant rang out across Horsley Park, the equestrian venue set up for the Sydney 2000 Olympics and Paralympics, as Australia galloped to gold medal glory in team eventing.
“Aussie, Aussie, Aussie, Hoy, Hoy, Hoy!” bellowed thousands of people at the 20,000-seat arena.
A team featuring Matt Ryan, Phillip Dutton, Stuart Tinney and Andrew Hoy had just claimed gold in the event.
Watch the video at the top of the page to see Australia gallop to victory in team eventing at the Sydney 2000 Olympics!
It meant Hoy had just won gold at three Olympic Games in a row, matching the heroics of swimming royalty Dawn Fraser. Twenty-four years later, on the cusp of Paris 2024, Fraser and Hoy remain the only Australians to have achieved the feat.
Ryan, Dutton, Tinney and Hoy performed brilliantly in dressage and cross country across the first two days of the Sydney 2000 team eventing.
By the third day, the day designated for show jumping, Australia was the only country with four horses still in the race, which meant the home team could afford one bad ride because only the three best horses would count.
Riding last, Hoy did a sterling job on his horse Darien Powers as the Australians cantered to victory.
At Barcelona 1992, Hoy, Ryan, Gillian Rolton and David Green had won team eventing gold.
And at Atlanta 1996, where Hoy had the honour of opening ceremony flag bearer, Hoy, Rolton, Dutton and Wendy Schaeffer had secured gold in the event.
Forty years after making his Olympic debut at the Los Angeles 1984 Games, Hoy is 65 and aiming to become a nine-time Olympian in France.