Inhaltsverzeichnis:
- Großbritannien hat sich die Qualifikation für ein Springteam für die Olympischen Spiele 2016 in Rio gesichert
- irish appeal after o’connor’s round interrupted
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Großbritannien hat sich die Qualifikation für ein Springteam für die Olympischen Spiele 2016 in Rio gesichert
Das Team wurde heute (21. August) Vierter. in der von Mercedez-Benz gesponserten Klasse bei den FEI-Europameisterschaften im Springreiten in Aachen, Deutschland, nur 0,76 Strafpunkte hinter den Bronzemedaillengewinnern.
„Ich wusste nicht, dass wir uns qualifiziert hatten, bis ich aus dem Ring kam – offensichtlich Jetzt sind wir enttäuscht, keine Medaille zu bekommen, aber die Qualifikation war Plan A.“ sagte Joe Clee.
Joe hatte heute einen Zaun niedergeschlagen, seinen ersten in der Meisterschaft, als Ludwig Criels Utamaro D’Ecaussines entfernte die hintere Stange des Oxer aus dem Drilling bei Zaun fünf. Er immer noch hält den achten Einzelplatz vor dem Finale am Sonntag, obwohl er sich schmerzlich bewusst ist, dass er in Führung liegen würde, wenn er klar gegangen wäre.
joe clee and utamaro d’ecaussines on the third day of the european championships 2015. picture by peter nixon
ben maher was britain’s best performer today, conjuring a vital clear from tatiana korsakova’s diva ii.
“she’s in the form of her life and going to the normal jumps today i was comfortable, but i wanted to get the combinations out the way after our blip yesterday,” said ben, who crashed through the final oxer yesterday when the mare took off a stride early.
“today’s combination wasn’t the nicest to come to without being able to train and regroup, but she jumped fantastically.”
ben is now in 10th place individually.
ben maher and diva ii on the third day of the european showjumping championships 2015. picture by peter nixon
jessica mendoza, 19, found her form when it counted today. having been the team’s drop score for the previous two days, she cleared all the fences today, with her mother sarah’s spirit t just dropping a foot in the water for four faults.
“i was so concentrating on going clear, i could have focused more on the water, but i’m really happy,” she said.
michael whitaker’s young horse, beverly widdowson’s cassionata, was tired today after two fantastic performances. he lowered both the second part of the double of verticals over water trays (12b) and the final fence (13), as well as adding a time-fault.
“he’s jumped unbelievably, but he’s not used to doing three days in a row,” said michael.
irish appeal after o’connor’s round interrupted
britain may be celebrating, but ireland’s olympic qualification hangs in the balance [read an update]. cian o’connor jumped clear up to fence 10 on good luck, but as he rounded the mound to the next obstacle, a man was in his way. he had fence 11, the red dhl oxer down.
“i had to shout at him to get out of the way and it put me off my line, the horse sidestepped him a bit - it was as clear as day the guy was in my way,” said cian. “my chef d’equipe [robert splaine] has filed an objection.”
with cian’s four faults, ireland finished seventh, behind spain in sixth. had cian secured a clear round, ireland would have finished ahead of spain and picked up an olympic qualification.
show director frank kemperman confirmed in tonight’s press conference that the results are still provisional pending the outcome of the appeal. [read the decision from the appeal commitee]
read more about how the medals were won
