Equestrian FEI Dressage Group C Olympic Qualifier 2023

[dcro 10,210]

Hungary increases the lead but this will all come down to the last rider. Poland is still just 1.577% behind.

[dcro 10,210]

Welp... Talk about losing the quota in a span of two movements. Poland might never get this much of a chance. Skowronska-Kozubik needs just 67.229%.

[Vektor 3,326]

Well, it's good to know that the Hungarian tradition of throwing away team quotas is alive in equestrian as well. 

[Vektor 3,326]

5 minutes ago, dcro said:

Welp... Talk about losing the quota in a span of two movements. Poland might never get this much of a chance. Skowronska-Kozubik needs just 67.229%.

How much of a flop would be if they go lower than that with the final athlete? 

[dcro 10,210]

1 minute ago, Vektor said:

How much of a flop would be if they go lower than that with the final athlete? 

Skowronska & Romantic P have scored above 67.229% in the last four Grand Prix starts so... Given her vast experience as well and everything, it would have to be rather a flop. Romantic P is not really spectacular though, just steady.

[dcro 10,210]

Poland qualifies by virtue of making much, much fewer mistakes.

 

In all honesty a very boring outcome. It would have been much more fun to get a new nation for this very uncompetitive spot.

[Vektor 3,326]

Congrats to , they were definitely the better team.  is simply not a nation that will ever qualify a team in this sport, we never care enough. 

[dcro 10,210]

Huge kudos to Skowronska-Kozubik though. She never looked this polished. And she is rewarded with a PB!

[hckošice 14,903]

On 6/2/2023 at 9:33 PM, dcro said:

Entries:

 

Hungary

Aniko Komjathy-Losonczy (Dior S)

Benedek Pachl (Donna Friderika)

Berill Szoke Toth (Qatar)

Jazmin Yom Tov (Hexagon's Grandville)

 

Israel

Nicola Louise Ahorner (Foco Loco)

Micah Deligdish (Handsome C)

Amit Kovos (Cupido)

Gon Solt (Bonnaquiqui)

 

Poland

Mateusz Cichon (Herzregent)

Magdalena Jura (Ron)

Zaneta Skowronska-Kozubik (Romantic P)

Marta Sobierajska (Ultrablue de Massa)

Wait, 3 countries competing for a team quota ? Man, this is almost like North-American qualifiers

Edited June 8, 2023 by hckošice

[Vektor 3,326]

2 minutes ago, dcro said:

Poland qualifies by virtue of making much, much fewer mistakes.

 

In all honesty a very boring outcome. It would have been much more fun to get a new nation for this very uncompetitive spot.

I mean, it's equestrian. Unless a new nation makes an actual effort to qualify, you will always get the same nations at the Games. Equestrian is waaay too expensive and nobody is watching it here, there's no reason to spend money on it. And this isn't the kind of sport where suddenly talent appears (like some Hungarians in cycling) despite the lack of funding, because you need horses.