Equestrian Qualification to Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympic Games

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This week marks the start of the eventing season on the Northern hemisphere.

 

We start with Barocca d'Alva event in Portugal, which offers an opportunity to obtain minimum requirements. Brazil has several combinations entered (they kept their team place on technicality, so they very much need some fresh blood). India and South Africa however are skipping this opportunity.

 

Next potential CCI4*-L opportunity for India and South Africa is scheduled only for mid-April in Italy.

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And just when I dared to doubt Norway, Helena Liholt Gulli comes out of nowhere and posts 67.457% to easily take the first MER score.

 

Well, looks as though there won't be any reallocations in dressage after all.

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Montelibretti CCI4*-L cancelled. That's another opportunity for India and South Africa gone.

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Are there exemptions eventing athletes can apply for? They might need it...

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5 hours ago, JoshMartini007 said:

Are there exemptions eventing athletes can apply for? They might need it...

 

Well, that would be a precedent. Feasibly I can see them using MERs achieved before 2019. That would allow Victoria Scott-Legendre to qualify on both her horses, but Fouaad Mirza would remain unqualified...

 

Next CCI4*-L opportunity is currently scheduled for late April.

 

Edited March 12, 2020 by dcro

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Brief interview with Anne-Sophie Serre...

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Who can sit next to you at your dream dinner table?

Arnaud and our children, our dearest friends, my parents and sister and also Raphaël Saleh who is part of the family.

 

 

For those who don't remember, Anne-Sophie Serre was one of the riders who qualified the French dressage team through rankings, while Raphael Saleh was the judge who made sure that France would qualify by any means necessary. I guess you have to be either briliantly stupid or incredibly confident to admit this in an interview just a couple of months after. Probably the latter one since nobody will give a damn.

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17 minutes ago, dcro said:

Brief interview with Anne-Sophie Serre...

 

 

For those who don't remember, Anne-Sophie Serre was one of the riders who qualified the French dressage team through rankings, while Raphael Saleh was the judge who made sure that France would qualify by any means necessary. I guess you have to be either briliantly stupid or incredibly confident to admit this in an interview just a couple of months after. Probably the latter one since nobody will give a damn.

 

https://www.fei.org/contact

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FEI is just dumb at this point.

 

They published revised qualification systems and... Not only are younger athletes and horses now allowed to take part (?), but also the athletes who achieved MER during 2019 basically lose their MER.

 

What. The. Hell. They literally removed qualification status from large majority of athletes with this decision. As if they don't already have enough on their plates right now. Unbelieveable. How could IOC even allow this? Didn't they claim that everyone who was already qualified stays qualified?

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2 hours ago, dcro said:

FEI is just dumb at this point.

 

They published revised qualification systems and... Not only are younger athletes and horses now allowed to take part (?), but also the athletes who achieved MER during 2019 basically lose their MER.

 

What. The. Hell. They literally removed qualification status from large majority of athletes with this decision. As if they don't already have enough on their plates right now. Unbelieveable. How could IOC even allow this? Didn't they claim that everyone who was already qualified stays qualified?

 

That sounds like something that isn't done yet, not at all..

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https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1095403/equestrian-fei-tribunal-reject-appeal

 

It seems Mathilda Karlsson last shot for a place in Tokyo will be through legal procedure.