LOS ANGELES 2028 will mark a 44-year gap since the City of Angels previously hosted the Olympic Games. Back then in 1984, an Irish-bred mare - Heidi Hauri’s horse of a lifetime - jumped off for the individual bronze medal place and duly won. Her name? Jessica V.

Bred in Co Limerick, hers and Heidi’s win bridged another gap as the previous Swiss medal winner at the Games was back in 1928 when Charles-Gustave Kuhn and Pepita also won bronze at Amsterdam.