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Clear for  Epaillard who stays in the lead for day two !
Good news for the team also 

Clear for  Epaillard who stays in the lead for day two !
Good news for the team also 

Another crash, this time for Jos Verloy

god peder fredericson's rides are always so beautiful. He didn't seem in ay rush and still 4th, under 80s

god peder fredericson's rides are always so beautiful. He didn't seem in ay rush and still 4th, under 80s

No selection for teams today, they all do tomorrow's round. The two scores are added and the top 10 goes to the team final on day 3.

No selection for teams today, they all do tomorrow's round. The two scores are added and the top 10 goes to the team final on day 3.

6 medals for  so far which is already one more than 2017, 2019 and 2020(1) combined.

Leprevost
 
I honestly did not see them jumping clear and winning gold. Leprevost has had a pretty poor week. But what a cruel end.

I hope Sweden don't do an Ireland and fail tomorrow after such an amazing performance so far.  They deserve gold

What? That was a very nice looking horse. Terrible riding.

Maher gold, Fredricson silver (again), Van der Vleuten bronze.
 
Highly expected, since Explosion W jumps higher than any other horse, and still has an amazing ground speed. Sad for Fredricson, but oh well.
 
As for the format, I hope something more serious returns, but that's probably not gonna happen. Because it's not urban enough.

Good thing with qualifying only one horse for the individual final is that we will have 3 fresh horses for the team competition 

I don't like this format. One fence down and you are basically out? Ridiculous.
 
Mostly because all other championships are NOTHING like this. There are usually 3 jumping rounds before the individual final starts.

There will be a jump-off for sure.
 
FEI once again reinvented the rules specially for the Olympics. Table A with riders on 0 penalties ranked (but not tied) according to time is basically against the very idea of this sport.

Nz Meech barely qualifies with 2 time penalties . 
Really don't like this one round for qualification. I don't see the appeal of separating individual and team qualifiers. Tv already only shows finals

By being awesome?

Big scare for Laghouag in the double but shows how brave eventing horses are 

Krajewski held the pressure! Gold for .
A little French sprinkled with a mare born and trained in France . 

Krajewski held the pressure! Gold for .
A little French sprinkled with a mare born and trained in France . 

Not the German we expected . Sad for Jung with those 11 points, he again had a beautiful run today as expected. 

Laura Collett very nearly crashed herself to an elimination and threw away the gold.
 
Well, pretty interesting battle for silver and bronze going into the final rider rotation.
 
82.3
100.2
101.5
104.4
114.2

https://inside.fei.org/media-updates/statement-equine-fatality-sea-forest-cross-country-course?fbclid=IwAR30tvW_SNjVJ8a4xbvc0hkz-vBfYFAxy-OcPmtw3gKo1TpLEzVkAkQoumk 

Awesome clear from Karim Laghouag, who is only competing due to 3 withdrawals in team France! Overall a great cross country for the team with only 2 points added. 

Bronze at best I'd say. Not guaranteed though.