Showjumping qualifiers start today, 2pm UK time

Emilieu said:
The oldest competitor i'm sure is a female eventer
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Eh? Pippa Funnell is our oldest female eventer and she's not older than the Wittikars.

((Sorry, edited to add I was replying to the team be bit and then realised you were talking about the whole games))

The Germans are on fire again. They're shining in every equestrian discipline.
 
I think we need to take a long look at the German sport and start making improvements as we're not looking that impressive this olymipcs, in eventing particularly.
 
tiggs said:
Do these scores carry forward or is it just a qualification round?
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I just texted my sjing friend and she said they carry forward to the individual but not to the team. They do define which order the teams jump in, though.
 
spookypony said:
Just why do the commentators feel it necessary to keep saying, "lady rider"? They don't say "man rider" for the others. It's not exactly a new thing to have females riding in the Olympics! Getting my goat a little.
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I've just logged on here to post exactly this. It's so sexist. Just texted my friend who is a GP and regularly loses her temper with people calling her a 'lady doctor' - she's started saying no she's not a gynaecologist!
 
Yes there have been a lot of Eli I atoms, haven't there? It's been trickier than it looked, this course.

Eli I atoms!! The stuff auto correct brings up. Eliminations.
 
that one went for a swim as well.
and then another stop at that double only to go straight through it.

wonder what it is about it that the horses don't like it?
 
just checked on the FEI website, and it now says one Dutch and one Belgian rider have been disqualified, but the rest eliminated.

I think I missed the Dutch round or don't remember it, was it the other rider who seemed to have a temper?

I'm going to look up the difference between disqualification and elimination, as I'm confused.
 
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