The Paris 2024 Olympic showjumping particular person qualifier is now full and it wasn’t with out drama. There have been 73 starters on this class with solely 30 remaining spots up for grabs and whereas some riders described the course as simpler than the group legs, it actually caught a number of prime riders out.
Let’s compensate for all of the tales from Versailles…
Harry Charles and Romeo 88 obtained issues off to a terrific begin for Britain and jumped an assured clear spherical to breeze into tomorrow’s remaining
Scott Brash clinched Britain’s second clear spherical to make sure he’s in with an opportunity of one other medal with Jefferson
Ben Maher and Dallas Vegas Batilly had to deal with a heart-stopping second throughout their spherical
There was redemption for Sweden’s Henrik von Eckermann, who got here into these Video games as a favorite to take dwelling gold
There have been additional highs and lows within the second block of rivals in at the moment’s qualifier
A speedy French rider completed prime of at the moment’s leaderboard, however some huge names missed out on qualification
The USA’s Karl Prepare dinner utilises an interesting last-minute approach to get probably the most out of his horse, Caracole De La Roque
Away from showjumping, we found extra about one of many horses who took half within the dressage at these Video games, having solely began on this self-discipline two years in the past
And one in all H&H’s reporters on the bottom in Paris shared some extra ideas from the 2024 Video games
Keep tuned for extra motion from Paris with simply in the future to go…
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Harry Charles and Romeo 88 for Nice Britain leaping within the qualifying spherical for the Olympic showjumping group competitors at Paris 2024.
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