Equestrian FEI Eventing & Driving World Championships 2022

[dcro 10,210]

9 minutes ago, phelps said:

Olympic quota places almost decided after Cross-Country...

 

if nothing really weird happens (or if there are no issues with the horse inspection),  are way ahead of the rest of the field.

 

maybe  could still steal the 7th place if SUI has troubles with the horses (they have only 3 riders left, can't afford a medical stop) or JPN have a total meltdown in show jumping (but they have 14 point-margin over SWE...that's a lot).

Pretty much this. It's a nice lead for the seven of them, but show jumping will be at the 5* technical difficulty so there will be fences coming down.

 

Switzerland is down to three names so they better stay careful. Ireland has Fallulah in their team who has a woeful show jumping record, but they have four riders up there and a nice lead. One of the Japanese horses, Cekatinka, looked really tired at the end of the course, but in my experience that doesn't have to mean anything. She could still turn up fit and fresh tomorrow morning.

 

In an ideal situation for Europe, Japan would have to drop out in favor of Sweden or Belgium...

 

Edited September 17, 2022 by dcro

[phelps 7,670]

 just had 15 pens removed (to McEwen)...

 

their total score now is 80.90.

 

now they are back in contention even for gold tomorrow.

[Giovanni Gianni Cattaneo 142]

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[dcro 10,210]

Jarno Verwimp also had 15 penalties removed upon an appeal so Belgium climbs to 8th with 122.40. That's within a striking distance for the OQ.

[Giovanni Gianni Cattaneo 142]

Kitajima (JPN) withdrawn on inspection. BEL and SWE now are fighting for last pass, but inspection is not end. 

 

[dcro 10,210]

Kitajima, Kaminski, Ramsgaard, Wilken withdrew overnight.

Everyone else presented and passed the inspection.

 

Following this, Japan dropped from 7th to 11th. They are way back and effectively out of it. This is mostly bad news for the emerging nations of Groups F/G. Thailand, India, Hong Kong no longer have any chance of a team, while China will I'm sure turn every stone next year in an attempt to upset Australia or Japan.

[Vic Liu 1,682]

5 minutes ago, dcro said:

Kitajima, Kaminski, Ramsgaard, Wilken withdrew overnight.

Everyone else presented and passed the inspection.

 

Following this, Japan dropped from 7th to 11th. They are way back and effectively out of it. This is mostly bad news for the emerging nations of Groups F/G. Thailand, India, Hong Kong no longer have any chance of a team, while China will I'm sure turn every stone next year in an attempt to upset Australia or Japan.

China is surprised and sad.

[dcro 10,210]

9 fences down for Tosi...

 

Why on earth are they mixing 5* dressage, 4* cross-country and 5* jumping at Worlds/Olympics, I have no idea. Make it either 4* or 5*!

[dcro 10,210]

 

 

Excellent from Parro though.

[EselTheDonkey 824]

Quick Question: What's a 5* dressage? I can understand the different difficulties in jumping and cross country, but how is this measured in dressage? Do they have some additional stuff to show compared to for example a 3* or 4* dressage?