Duke and Duchess of Sussex Award First Medals of The Invictus Games The Hague

written by cwagner April 19, 2022

Invictus Games competitors were greeted by the Duke of Sussex as they competed for the first medals of the event at the Land Rover Driving Challenge.

The French team took gold in the first medal event in which sixteen nations went head to head in a test of driving, navigation skills and teamwork.

Competitors tackled tough terrain on a specially built off-road course with water obstacles, a rock crawl and steep inclines.

The Duke awarded medals to the top finishers, with the team from France taking gold, Romania finishing second, and Georgia claiming bronze.

The Invictus Games The Hague 2020 presented by Jaguar Land Rover is a multi-national adaptive sporting event for wounded, ill and injured servicemen, servicewomen and veterans, and includes archery, athletics, cycling, indoor rowing, powerlifting, sitting volleyball, swimming, wheelchair basketball and wheelchair rugby.

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