The cross nation section proved influential at Versailles right this moment, shaking the leaderboard like a snow globe.
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For pure leisure, nothing beats the take-no-prisoners format of Olympic eventing. With three-person groups and no drop rating, everybody’s on the hook – no room for an off day. And let’s face it, cross nation is tailored for dangerous days.
A single cross nation blip can dropkick a complete crew off the rostrum and straight into scoreboard abyss. Exhibit A: Group Germany. In silver medal place after dressage, when Germany’s normally rock-solid Christoph Wahler executed an ideal somersault from Carjatan S on the #16 mixture, even good performances from their teammates — together with Michael Jung and Chipmunk FRH, who laid their bid for particular person gold — weren’t sufficient to maintain the crew from plummeting to 14th out of 16 within the standings.
Michael Jung and Chipmunk FRH. Picture by Tilly Berendt.
Group USA wasn’t spared from the system’s brutal “no mercy” coverage both. They slid from sixth after dressage to ninth when pathfinders Caroline Pamukcu and HSH Blake racked up 20 penalties for a runout on the similar pesky ditch that tripped up Christoph. It appeared the horses had a tricky time studying it — however hey, all’s truthful in love and cross nation!
Liz Halliday with Nutcracker and Boyd Martin with Fedarman B each hustled across the course, gathering solely a handful of time penalties. They’ll head into tomorrow’s present leaping in twenty second and seventeenth locations, respectively.
Boyd Martin and Fedarman B. Picture by Tilly Berendt.
Liz Halliday and Nutcracker. Picture by Tilly Berendt.
Caroline Martin and HSH Blake. Picture by Tilly Berendt.
Holding the highest of the rostrum heat is Group Nice Britain, which has two riders within the prime six and a 3rd in twenty fourth.
Groups in medal-position groups on the conclusion of cross nation:
🥇 Nice Britain (82.50)
🥈 France (87.20)
🥉Japan (93.80)
Medal-position people:
🥇 Michael Jung & Chipmunk FRH (17.80)
🥈 Laura Collett & London 52 (18.30)
🥉 Chris Burton & Shadow Man (22.0)
The joy continues tomorrow, with crew present leaping. On account of one other Olympics glitch-in-the-matrix rule, the horses and riders will present leap once more for particular person placings the day after.
You will get the total report on right this moment’s thrilling cross nation motion by way of our sister website, Eventing Nation!
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