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Kate French put Britain on top of the Olympic women’s modern pentathlon podium on Friday, erasing a 15-second deficit on the final two of the five events – shooting and cross-country – to snatch Tokyo gold. French, fifth at the Rio Olympics on 2016, charged into the lead after the first of four laps around the 800-meter circuit and was on target in each of four shooting rounds to romp to victory over Laura Asadauskaite of Lithuania, who came from 52 seconds back to take silver.
