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So dose anyone know how Badminton is looking at the moment

amateur as in not sponsored (i remember Harvey Smith not being able to compete as he was sponsored) and not making a living from there sport, and going back further you couldnt pay for some one to train you if you did you were classed as professional.

I wonder what the Olympics would be like if it was still only open to amateur competitor as it used to be? Would the standard still be as high as it is today.

I think you will be seeing some changes, and yes it is inspiring to those who do the sport and to those who wouldn't take on the themselves, anyway no one was forced to sit and watch and if you watched with the only intention to criticise, that is wrong. no the world press don't go to normal...

I think everyone is missing the point, we all know the riding has to be improved and it is, what im saying is the athletes are world class at there sport, all sports are different. YES this is an Olympic sport, it is the only sport that was invented for the Olympics it is the true Olympic sport...

well said teapot,

What should the standard be? Same as the eventing. Remember these are not professional rider

Anyone who competes will tell you horses are sporting equipment if they weren't we wouldn't have equine sport. You see riding like that at unaffiliated shows and affiliate at least with pentathlon the riders are only on board for a max of half an hour and the horse go back to there owners...

Re horse and hound article , 23-08-12 I am very disappointed to see that you have written a half page article on how bad the riding is in modern pentathlon but could only spare a few words on the fact that we WON a silver medal! No the riding is not wonderful but it is no worse than what you...

Harry hall

The course dose start at 1m and gos up so the bigger fences are at the end the spred on the fences are no wider then they are high

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Viewfromahill By any chance did you come second in that class or were placed as I understand that a competitor put in a complant to the organisers and this competitor was seen to be very rude and aggressive towards the judges. I would suggest that you spend a whole day in the judges box to find...

Was the result wrong because you think the winner should have lost her first place for not turning up for prize giving? I hear that rider went very early in the class that was two hours long and didn't even realise she had been placed because she didn't think her round was good enough. Should...

I think a lot of people under estimate the pentathlon and write off the ride phase as wrong. In the UK for international events their is a vet on sit, the horses are inspected before the test ride and before the competition and at and time that they are required, there is also a horse ambulance...