Olympic Eventing SJ Thread

Anglebracket said:
Why did Dirk Schrade not qualify? There are only two Germans in the final so it can't be because of numbers. Was there something wrong with his horse (I have missed his round).
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Because only the top 3 from each country go through. Which is a shame because people that haven't performed so well get to go through!
 
Tempi - the ones with Q jump again because the IOC decreed that you could not win two medals for doing the same thing. The next round is 5cm higher, 1.30, to show a real difference for the individual medals. Any faults in the next round get added to the current individual rankings after the team comp, so Ingrid Klimke is now in 8th and out of the running having led until the team SJ.
 
Congrats to all you Brits, such a well-deserved medal (though it should have been gold). GB truly sets the standard the rest of the world aspire to when it comes to eventing. Really everything crossed for some individual medals this afternoon as well (and it would be nice if you could squeeze Sara Algotson Ostholt in there somewhere) ;)
 
pootleperkin said:
Blummen hack, I can't see Jung having a fence down in the individ. final - as someone said earlier, I think we need to kidnap his horse Sam! Also the swedish horse was jumping out of it's skin!

Off to do some quick exercising and back for 2:30!
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fight for bronze i feel unless something goes wrong for them.
 
I'm shallow. I'm happy about the limiting rule as it means Jessie gets to jump again. An individual finish of any description will mean a lot to her and the Team.
 
So I am stuck at work all and only access to outside world is my phone which won't let me follow links. Do any of the gb team have a chance of a medal this afternoon? What position is our highest place rider currently?
 
I think the limiting rule makes sense - lets face it, anyone who's outside the top few has virtually no chance at a medal and the whole point of the Olympics is it is inclusive. It's not like placing 15th gets you anything!
 
Wheels said:
So I am stuck at work all and only access to outside world is my phone which won't let me follow links. Do any of the gb team have a chance of a medal this afternoon? What position is our highest place rider currently?
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Mary King in 3rd and Tina Cook in 4th. Both are within less than 4 faults of the leader so could even, theoretically, win!
 
Feathered said:
Anyone else feeling really sorry for this poor Judo guy that's on BBC1 now, I don't even know what happened! :(
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It's a bit horrific isn't it?! I wish they'd leave him alone.

Nice to see the BBC news has followed the legal requirement to mention Zara when discussing equestrian sports ;)
 
1 41 ALGOTSSON OSTHOLT Sara WEGA 39.30 Q

2 65 JUNG Michael SAM 40.60 Q

3 24 KING Mary IMPERIAL CAVALIER 42.10 Q :D

4 56 COOK Kristina MINERS FROLIC 43.00 Q :D

5 49 AUFFARTH Sandra OPGUN LOUVO 44.80 Q

6 58 NICHOLSON Andrew NEREO 45.00 Q

7 74 TODD Mark CAMPINO 46.50 Q

8 33 KLIMKE Ingrid BUTTS ABRAXXAS 48.30 Q

9 2 BURTON Christopher HP LEILANI 50.10 Q


those are the top 9 going into this afternoons finals
 
Has the judo had something awful happen? I watched the poor Korean fencer last night, sitting crying while they discussed her fate.

Reminds you that everyone has worked so hard just to be there and some have overcome odds we can't even imagine. Yes, a medal is nice but the Baron had a point.
 
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