The showjumping section of the modern pentathlon offers plenty of thrills and spills. Rather than bring their own horses, athletes are randomly assigned a horse and have 20 minutes to bond with it before they set off on the course. It's no wonder it proves a bumpy experience for many of the competitors
Mhairi Spence of Great Britain's horse would rather be in the musical dressage event
Sarolta Kovacs of Hungary riding All Rise (or should that be All Fall?)
Japan's Narumi Kurosu's horse doesn't fancy going over that fence,
Kurosu falls from her horse
Mexico's Tamara Vega clings on to her horse as it navigates the course
Vega hangs in there, hoping a side-saddle ride might impress the judges
The horse makes a break for it, but Vega gives chase
Yane Marques of Brazil looks down as she jumps over one the fences - but not very cleanly
Marques's approach is to squeeze tightly and hope
Donna Vakalis of Canada tries a spot of horse whispering mid-fence in an attempt to get the best out of Puck Glen
Hungary's Sarolta Kovacs despairs after falling from her horse
Kovacs can barely be bothered to get back on, but the horse seems indifferent
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