Equestrian FEI Dressage Group C Olympic Qualifier 2023

[Adriano 834]

29 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 see, you have some problems with our athletes in this sport. It was not easy we had many problem (Stremler - Injury, Milczarek  - stupid doping because some medecines for women's problems, private problems of Szulc, selling second GP level horse Stremler,  not shorter time for Safronova for representing our country, quite huge Rain during Sobierajska performance. Stremler before London was a great athlete she had many invitation from host of biggest events, and now she had young horse. Skowrońska was better than Katinaite and Sysoeva last season. Lithuania could participate here as Estonia. Who knows how it will look like before 2028.  Now we have a Sobierajska, Stremler, Szulc, Jura, Skowrońska  with MER and Cichoń and Safronova 1/2 MER. Great job for polish team today it was not easy because all this problems. Hungary could take Toth or better horse for Jov Tov. It's  really important for our equestrian to join this olympic level.

Edited June 8, 2023 by Adriano

[JoshMartini007 2,854]

45 minutes ago, hckošice said:

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

There's not much depth in equestrian outside Group A/B. I think it's nice that equestrian gives Eastern Europe a chance, it's similar to Asia in table tennis.

[hckošice 16,605]

26 minutes ago, JoshMartini007 said:

There's not much depth in equestrian outside Group A/B. I think it's nice that equestrian gives Eastern Europe a chance, it's similar to Asia in table tennis.

Sure, too bad no Eastern European nation even attempted this qualifiers

[dcro 10,211]

On 6/8/2023 at 3:01 PM, Adriano said:

I see, you have some problems with our athletes in this sport. It was not easy we had many problem (Stremler - Injury, Milczarek  - stupid doping because some medecines for women's problems, private problems of Szulc, selling second GP level horse Stremler,  not shorter time for Safronova for representing our country, quite huge Rain during Sobierajska performance. Stremler before London was a great athlete she had many invitation from host of biggest events, and now she had young horse. Skowrońska was better than Katinaite and Sysoeva last season. Lithuania could participate here as Estonia. Who knows how it will look like before 2028.  Now we have a Sobierajska, Stremler, Szulc, Jura, Skowrońska  with MER and Cichoń and Safronova 1/2 MER. Great job for polish team today it was not easy because all this problems. Hungary could take Toth or better horse for Jov Tov. It's  really important for our equestrian to join this olympic level.

Oh come on. Rain had nothing to do with Sobierajska's poor ride. Pachl was in heavy rain too, and today Sobierajska just replicated her performance and got scored more appropriately (64%, but yesterday the German judge Elke Ebert was spot-on with 62% ).

 

I truly hope Zaneta Skowronska-Kozubik makes the team for Paris instead of some other fancy names who could get their hands on more quality horses. She is the one who delivered this quota to Poland after all.

[dcro 10,211]

On 6/8/2023 at 2:45 PM, Vektor said:

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. 

And yet we constantly get new nations on board, just not yesterday.

 

Sure from the dark it can look expensive, but given that dirt cheap horses (sometimes the ones who were literally free, or coming from a Craigslist ad) have made it to the very top of the sport, including the Olympics, it's not nearly as simple as that. Just take a note of Laura Graves and Verdades for instance.

And as for Hungary, there is a tradition. From Gyula Dallos winning a medal at the European Championships to Hungarian sport horses taking part at the Olympics (even if for other nations). Obviously there is something going on in Hungary... Just because nobody is actually watching taekwondo in Croatia, it doesn't stop us from collecting medals at every World Championships.

 

Edited June 9, 2023 by dcro

[Adriano 834]

2 hours ago, dcro said:

Oh come on. Rain had nothing to do with Sobierajska's poor ride. Pachl was in heavy rain too, and today Sobierajska just replicated her performance and got scored more appropriately (64%, but yesterday the German judge Elke Ebert was spot-on with 62% ).

 

I truly hope Zaneta Skowronska-Kozubik makes the team for Paris instead of some other fancy names who could get their hands on more quality horses. She is the one who delivered this quota to Poland after all.

Hehe, chose one thing from this, and you had still problem with our qualification, not admitting ours problems, highlighted one bad start. Thanks for your congratulation😉 We had many MER Stremler, Skowrońska, Safronova could make a team for Paris. Still  we had Szulc, Sobierajska, Cichoń, Jura. Who knows what with Milczarek she is fighting with antidoping commision.

Edited June 9, 2023 by Adriano

[Adriano 834]

Maybe it's  a chance for Hungary, Pachl with amazing score 75.430% - 225 points  and probably some points added for level of competition. Brawo:)! Lovely score for other riders Yov Tov, Cichoń, Sobierajska over 70%

Edited June 11, 2023 by Adriano

[dcro 10,211]

Bit late, but a really nice picture of Zaneta Skowronska-Kozubik in tears of joy after capturing the team quota for Poland.