Britain’s Charlotte Dujardin (picture) won her second individual dressage gold in her final Olympic performance on her horse Valegro, nabbing an Olympic record. Dujardin topped the standings with the best freestyle score of 93.857 out of 100 per cent, below the world record of 94.3 she set in 2014.

She became the first British woman to retain an individual Olympic title and is now Britain’s joint most-decorated female athlete in the Games.

Germany’s Isabell Werth took silver with an 89.071, becoming the first in the sport’s three disciplines to win 10 Olympic medals. Fellow German Kristina Broring-Sprehe claimed bronze after Germany won the team title on Friday.

Dujardin, 31, won individual and team gold four years ago in London and has since broken numerous dressage records with 14-year-old Valegro.

“It was just one of those magical rides... he couldn’t have done any more if he had tried,” she told reporters of Valegro, the horse she trained as a stable hand and plans to retire soon.