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So if it's wrong I stand correct before anyone says anything ;) Thanks to twitter I've just seen this retweet (which came from an eventing tweeter):

'Apparently Nicola is reserve, William, Mary, Piggy, Zara & Tina are in'


If that's true, I'm really really surprised and gutted for Nicola :(
 
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That's unexpected if it's true. Their pathfinder skills XC are invaluable and if this is true then I'm frankly pretty gutted for Nicola. I really think they deserve a spot.
 
I've just text someone 'who is in the know' and they've said no news yet.......
However we all know how secretive these eventers are ;)
 
When is the "official" announcement of the team? I would be gutted for NW if she wasn't in - she and Buzz have been such amazing pathfinders!
 
Official date is tomorrow.

Nobody I know who might be in the know seems to know either so I can imagine its just false rumours. Don't know where it came from (bar the person who tweeted it) but not sure it's reliable.

Shame to ruin it really, not hard to wait a day.
 
James Pearce who is the BBC Olympics Correspondant has just tweeted that Zara Phillips has been confirmed as on the team. Nothing else yet though.
 
from Twitter

James Pearce ‏@Pearcesport

Breaking - I can reveal that Zara Phillips, Queen's granddaughter, selected for Team GB eventing team at London 2012
 
Would be very surprised and absolutely gutted for NW if this is true. Yes they had a couple down but Tina had 3 down. And they did one of their best tests yet which is normally their downfall so there's not much more she could have done! Hopefully that person is wrong, would love the team to be: WFP, Mary, Piggy, Nicola and Zara. With Francis and Tina as first and second reserves. Guess we'll have to wait til tomorrow!
 
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Coincidence it being the Olympic and jubilee year???
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Coincidence - no sarcasm. Her current form is completely worthy of a spot, she deserves it as much as the others. And anyway, choosing someone because of their heritage is possibly one of the stupidest ideas I've heard!

ETA - wouldn't have thought she would have replaced NW though, thought she'd get the 5th spot.
 
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i'm very surprised if it's true but it looks as though it is.
High Kingdom has very good recent form but nothing like the experience of Buzz. I thought with her dressage so improved that Nicola was a dead cert for pathfinder.
 
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Coincidence it being the Olympic and jubilee year???
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I have a huge amount of respect for Zara but I'm considering this opinion. I'm not sure how her results have outshone other British members (please correct me if I'm wrong) and Nicola and Buzz have always proved themselves invaluable to the team. However I'm a bit nutty about Buzz so maybe I'm just biased :p
 
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Coincidence it being the Olympic and jubilee year???
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Probably more due to the impressive results and form she's had with HK over this season and last year! But the fact that her name is the first to be released is probably because she's the one in the public eye/grabbing the headlines.

Both the BBC and Telegraph have now tweeted it but theres still a lot of ambiguity going on.
 
Any possibility that they got it from the first twitter source, as the Olympic Association won't comment? It makes for a good story even if untrue.
 
willtowin said:
Any possibility that they got it from the first twitter source, as the Olympic Association won't comment? It makes for a good story even if untrue.
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If they have they've made the worst mistake of social media. Never believe anything...

Which is why I said in my OP, 'IF it's true'
 
Sounds like it's true re Zara - I'm absolutely delighted for her :) Those who are questioning the decision please look at her recent form compared to others and explain why she doesn't merit a place :confused: I have no problem with including her; what I would be very sad about is if it is true that Nicola and Buzz have been left out in favour of Miners Frolic: to me, the role played by NW as pathfinder and inspiration is invaluable and MF remains unproven at the highest level for too long :(
 
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