Equestrian Qualification to Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympic Games

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New dressage rankings are out...

 

Qualification simulation

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Additional - 

 

Not much has changed overall. Portugal, Russia, Uruguay entered the qualification zone for the first time, while Finland, Guatemala, Poland have lost their provisional spots...

 

Armenia made a positive start in the background Their rider might have a chance, but only if she continues to campaign actively (which is doubtful, since she is very much an amateur...).

 

Full rankings here.

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Ground jury for Tokyo dressage competition was appointed today.

 

Katrina Wuest (president)

Andrew Ralph Gardner

Francis Verbeek-van Rooy

Hans-Christian Matthiesen

Janet Lee Foy

 Susan Hoevenaars

Magnus Ringmark

 

President is usually from the host nation, however Japan has no 5* judges so Wuest got the honor. Very happy for her. Such a lovely lady.

 

Among others, Verbeek and Hoevenaars are alright I guess. Others too, but they do have their "quirks".

 

interesting how all of them come from powerhouse nations. Usually some Austrian or Finnish judge scrapes in. Not this time.

 

p.s. There are not that many dressage judges in general. Therefore followers of the sport are very familiar with all these names...

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New batch of rankings are out.

 

Eventing simulation:

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Group B -  

Group C - N/A N/A

Group D -  

Group E -

Group F - N/A N/A

Group G - N/A N/A

Additional - 

 

Jumping simulation:

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Full rankings here. 

 

 

Sri Lanka is of to a decent start in Jumping Group G.

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More news about appointed officials for Tokyo.

 

Ground jury for eventing

 Nick Burton (president)

Christina Klingspor

Jane Hamlin

 

Cross-country course designer

 Derek di Grazia (announced in 2016)

 

Jumping course designer

 Santiago Varela

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37 minutes ago, dcro said:

More news about appointed officials for Tokyo.

 

Ground jury for eventing

 Nick Burton (president)

Christina Klingspor

Jane Hamlin

 

Cross-country course designer

 Derek di Grazia (announced in 2016)

 

Jumping course designer

 Santiago Varela

No chance for us so

[dcro 4,515]

New dressage and eventing rankings are out...

 

Dressage simulation

Group A - 

Group B - 

Group C - 

Groups D/E - 

Group F - 

Group G - 

Additional -

 

Can't believe that both Annabelle Collins and  Michael Bugan still haven't entered a single qualification event. Such meh. 

 

The only change is that Finland overtook Luxembourg for the additional place.

 

Eventing simulation

Group A - 

Group B - 

Group C - 

Group D -

Group E -

Group F - N/A N/A

Group G - 

Additional -

Reallocation (provisional) -

 

Great start for  Billys with a win in California. Meanwhile, if there ever was an eventer who already secured his individual place, then that would be  Felix Vogg.

 

Full rankings here. 

[ChandlerMne 237]

Interesting to see Georgia in dressage. Cant recall that they participate in equestrian so far.

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1 minute ago, ChandlerMne said:

Interesting to see Georgia in dressage. Cant recall that they participate in equestrian so far.

 

No, they haven't competed before.  Just like Malaysia who holds one of Group G spots.

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6 minutes ago, dcro said:

 

No, they haven't competed before.  Just like Malaysia who holds one of Group G spots.

Thought so.

This is only simulation but how realistic is to see them in Tokyo? Both Georgia and Malaysia?

Edited May 1 by ChandlerMne

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15 minutes ago, ChandlerMne said:

Thought so.

This is only simulation but how realistic is to see them in Tokyo? Both Georgia and Malaysia?

 

They have their chance, but it will be a battle.

 

Meanwhile, it's Luxembourg that stands the best chance of making a debut. Their rider provisionally lost a spot this month, but that's because he entered only two events so far (top 4 results count for the rankings).