FAfter being banned from participating in the Olympics, the indomitable coach Kim Lesner defended her allegations of cruelty to animals, but regretted her wording. “Yes, in retrospect, you might say that this is too harsh,” the national coach of the German News Agency said at the Tokyo Summer Olympics. Criticisms of their actions are generally “too harsh.”
On Friday, the pentathlon Annika Schler stayed on the golden track until she rode a horse until she was rejected by the horse drawn. Use “Right! Raisner Schleu called for the use of the whip. There are many criticisms of this, the World Association excluded Resner from the game, and said that the coach hit the horse with a fist. 48-year-old Raisner said: “Me too Knowing that slap in the face shouldn’t happen, but it’s not good. “
Resner strongly refuted the allegations of cruelty to animals. “I never abuse animals. I like animals, I like horses, just like Annika. We don’t beat our horses,” said the long-term national trainer. In the case of Friday, the horse “doesn’t want to” at all. “Annika noticed this and she felt desperate. Of course, I asked, as a rider, to use the opportunity she had, and with the help there, try to pull the horse out of the corner.”
Professional associations call for “fair” treatment
The German Sports Professional Coaches Association also called for “fair treatment of national coaches and athletes.” In a message later on Saturday, BVTDS also emphasized that from his point of view, the behavior of trainer Raisner and Pentathlon Schleu was “wrong” and was “correctly criticized in public.”
The professional association wrote that both of them were under tremendous pressure to succeed. In emotional situations, they make mistakes. “Nevertheless, Kim Raisner and Annika Schleu cannot be the only scapegoats,” it said.
Like the German Modernist Association Pentathlon The German Olympic Sports Federation also contacted BVTDS to adjust the rules. The letter said: “At the same time, we require umbrella organizations and DOSB to conduct a fair assessment of the situation, and require the media to conduct differentiated and truthful reporting.”
