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taken away from the US eventing coach and a more objective selection system put in its place, Le Goff's abilities in this area took the US teams to numerous medals while he was coach. In his position as
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team from 1970 to 1984. He coached the team to multiple international championships, winning 18 international medals, including several in the
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