DThe good news for the German Cavalry is that they won the qualifying round of the individual finals on Tuesday. In this extremely dangerous floodlight competition, only 30 of the 73 couples qualified for the competition. The world’s number one Daniel Deußer and his mare killer queen had no obstacle errors. In the case of completing the specified lap time. Only in this way can progress be guaranteed.
This means that the two newcomers Andre Tim and Christian Kukuk were eliminated, even before the world really noticed the start of the Tokyo Equestrian Jumping Championship. Thieme and his mare Chakaria lost their rhythm on the way to the imposing three-shot, and his response itself caused serious distance problems, which led to major mistakes.
In the same obstacle, Christian Kukuk’s stallion Mumbai was making apples and was thrown away at the touch of it. Deußer admitted that he himself jumped off the obstacle half a meter early, but his horse still solved the problem. “I am entering the final with good hopes,” said a native of Wiesbaden who has lived in Belgium for a long time. This Wednesday, he is one of the favorites of medals, however, there are many of them. The current decision is made in jumps and jumps, that is, in the form of an ordinary Grand Prix (12pm CET) FAZ Olympics live broadcast, inside Acute respiratory disease And in European sports).
This time it’s the opposite
The impression left by World Association The intention to use pictures to allow some other countries to gallop, undermined the classic drama of the Olympic Games. It’s like an upside-down thriller: first the exciting final scene, then the storyline: first the individual medals, then the team Olympic victories on Friday and Saturday.
The traditionalists grab their heads. “We always have a team that can advance together,” said national team coach Otto Becker, who himself is also a person with extensive Olympic experience. “A team that fights side by side in the National Cup, if a team performs well, he can enter the individual final.” This time it was the opposite. “It’s the individual first, it’s the driver who looks at himself first, and then the essence of the team.”
First of all, everyone is oneself, and then everyone is one? This is not in line with the view of the German Football Association, which believes that team performance is more important than individual performance. In order to still use the rules for themselves, the team managers devised a special strategy: Deußer, Thieme and Kukuk were allowed to try their luck individually. In the National Cup, everyone restarted, one was replaced, and Maurice Tebell and Don Dialado rose together.
“We hope to get a clear reserve and strengthening from it so that we can grow again,” Becker said. Because there is another problem: like dressage and triathlon, the vault team has been reduced to three groups, and the fold result has been cancelled. The error cannot be eliminated. But this strategy also means: For Tim or Kukuk, the Olympics should end on Tuesday.
The 2012 Olympic champion Swiss Steve Geldart discovered how quickly even experienced riders can be eliminated from the competition. An accident with his Venard de Cerisy-also his mistake on three strokes: the finish. Just like Frenchman Pénélope Leprevost, he was the team champion of the 2016 Rio Olympics. Her horse Vancouver was frightened by the 10th obstacle in front of an imposing sumo wrestler made of pulp. The stallion jumped aside in fright—and the rejection had already happened. Ten penalty points.
The Americans have been hit hardest. This equestrian country will never participate in the individual finals. Jessica Springsteen and Don Juan van der Danhof have an obstacle error, Kent Farrington and Gazelle are the same, Laura Kraut and Ballutinu are even two. In the National Cup, they will saddle them again. The wrong world.
