The 30-year-old should look exhausted as she powers over the line. But she doesn't Think we're all emotionally exhausted. Kate French stormed away from the field with a dominant run in the final event of the modern pentathlon to earn Great Britain's 18th gold of the Tokyo Olympics. The 30-year-old began the laser run - a 3,200-metre run punctuated by four shooting stages - in fifth place but took the lead during the second running section and never looked back. French finished more than 15 seconds ahead of Lithuania's London 2012 champion Laura Asadauskaite, who surged through the field from 13th to take the silver medal. But it was an all-round performance that delivered gold for the Briton after she set a personal best in the 200m freestyle swimming and also starred in equestrian earlier in the day. French's smile is wider than the Seine. She sits on the grass in the Olympic Stadium taking in what she has just achieved. The greatest race of her life Kate French's success also gives Great Britain a boost in the Tokyo 2020 medal table. That's a 18th gold medal for Team GB - lifting them back ahead of Australia and the Russian Olympic Committee - and their 55th podium finish of the Games. When Kate French hits the tournament - she is a superhero. It's difficult as the athletes are constantly having to change and adapt their training with the sport modernising, and that's what Kate has been able to do. She has continued to fight the odds, get stronger, and we knew from the World Cup that she had every chance. You can be strong at all the disciplines but then it is just chance in the show-jumping so can you be the horse-whisperer you need to be? It's where anything can happen. You have to have the ability to calm your horse, even speaking to the horse in the language of the country that they are based "I don't know what to say" a giggling Kate French tells our man Nick Hope in the Tokyo Stadium. The 30-year-old from Bath has a mixture of surprise and sheer delight in her eyes as she reacts to her stunning victory. [Source: BBC Sport] Please subscribe to my channel. Thanks for watching.