Equestrian Qualification to Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympic Games

[dcro 10,211]

13 minutes ago, Dolby said:

Thats what I thought. Nevertheless, 1 qualifier and 1 reserve is much more than expected. 

Something to keep in mind, Agarwalla is 21yo and a pupil of the reitmeister - Hubertus Schmidt. For me he is a lock for Paris.

[heywoodu 16,465]

No Jeroen Dubbeldam, his horse has been sold this week, Irish Daniel Coyle is riding it from now on.

 

Not as much of a blow for the Netherlands as the Totilas drama I guess, but still

[intoronto 6,907]

 has appealed to Swiss Federal court in Lausanne in regards to the decision to dq the jumping team from the Olympics.

[Oldira 88]

 have officially withdrawn their dressage team. Unable to put a team together due to retirements, injury and medical reason. They will accept a reallocated individual quota if offered.

[dcro 10,211]

4 hours ago, Oldira said:

 have officially withdrawn their dressage team. Unable to put a team together due to retirements, injury and medical reason. They will accept a reallocated individual quota if offered.

Apparently the decision to withdraw came from the selection board.

 

They were able to field a team, so this decision left Dane Rawlins pretty shocked.

 

https://www.eurodressage.com/2021/06/21/horse-sport-ireland-decides-not-send-team-tokyo-three-spots-released

[dcro 10,211]

Here we go. Rawlins and Connor have appealed the decision to withdraw a team. There is some controversy regarding the team coach Johanm Hinneman as well. What a mess.  @OlympicIRL @Oldira

 

https://www.eurodressage.com/2021/06/22/olympic-dream-belgium-after-ireland-withdraws-tokyo-and-luxembourg-has-no-team

[OlympicIRL 6,308]

13 minutes ago, dcro said:

Here we go. Rawlins and Connor have appealed the decision to withdraw a team. There is some controversy regarding the team coach Johanm Hinneman as well. What a mess.  @OlympicIRL @Oldira

 

https://www.eurodressage.com/2021/06/22/olympic-dream-belgium-after-ireland-withdraws-tokyo-and-luxembourg-has-no-team

If he didn't communicate his intention to withdraw the team to the athletes affected, then that's a disgrace and shame on him. Not surprising though, sadly.... these sorts of controversies are just so common that it's not shocking any more. It's just a lack of human decency if he didn't bother to let Rawlins and Connor, and Holstein for that matter, know what was coming... and they should have been allowed to make a case as well. Doubt much will come of their appeals, sadly.

[Oldira 88]

1 hour ago, OlympicIRL said:

If he didn't communicate his intention to withdraw the team to the athletes affected, then that's a disgrace and shame on him. Not surprising though, sadly.... these sorts of controversies are just so common that it's not shocking any more. It's just a lack of human decency if he didn't bother to let Rawlins and Connor, and Holstein for that matter, know what was coming... and they should have been allowed to make a case as well. Doubt much will come of their appeals, sadly.

Well Horse Sport Ireland need to explain themselves first and then Team Ireland and the sports Council need to get involved. It’s spitting in the eyes of the riders that qualified if we don’t finish last.

[dcro 10,211]

James Connor and Dane Rawlins have confirmed they will be taking this to CAS if the appeal is not accepted (it should be resolved tomorrow).

[hckošice 16,630]

Updated and Completed

 

June 24th, 2021