Olympics-Equestrian-Britain's Townend takes lead, Germany's Jung falls back

TOKYO -Britain's world number one Oliver Townend on Sunday took the lead in the equestrian eventing, keeping a clean sheet on the cross-country course, while reigning Olympic champion Michael Jung from Germany fell back to a disappointing 10th place.

"A couple of places I thought he's in control and I’m not,” Townsend laughed, referring to his horse Ballaghmor. “He wants to do his job more than most horses.” "I am certainly disappointed about the 11 points. We have to continue to fight more than ever and ride a double-zero tomorrow," Jung said after his ride."He certainly touched the corner a little bit but by no means in such a way that I would have expected it to fall. And only when I galloped on, I suddenly heard a bang and looked back and gulped a bit: ok the pole is down," Jung said, referring to his horse Chipmunk.

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