SWEDEN pipped Germany in a third-round showdown against the clock to win the opening leg of the Longines FEI Jumping Nations Cup 2021 Division 1 series at St Gallen in Switzerland on Sunday afternoon.

On a dramatic day of sport in challenging weather conditions, it came down to a jump-off between Sweden’s Rolf-Goran Bengtsson and Germany’s Christian Kukuk. And super-cool Bengtsson sealed it with a brilliant run on his 12-year-old stallion Ermindo W.