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@heywoodu Lies! Announcer just said: "Come on, you are being filmed by NOS here!" Btw, they attempted to raise the atmosphere with this song.

Looks like she is now attacking the Totallympics whistleblower.

Let's keep an eye on this French judge, shall we? Rather conveniently, she is already underscoring pretty much all opponents of her beloved France. ×

Well, then I have no idea who is producing the pictures exactly.

Probably NOS with VPN? @heywoodu might now.

76.8% for Jess von Bredow-Werndl. Big early mistake, but after that close to perfect. It seemed like the judges couldn't put the mistake out of their minds though...

No, that's just the awful Dutch weather.

So Nogueira had about three showers during his test...

Anders Dahl is the first to break 70% with 72.733%.

Ugh. Way too many drone shots for my liking.

It should be fairly obvious from the photo.

First to go will be Arnaud Serre & Ultrablue de Massa. In case you are wondering why "Ultrablue".

Detailed start list for Grand Prix. It will be a historic moment for Slovakia when Bugan enters the ring at 12:50 today. Meanwhile, there was only a single withdrawal before the event. Sadly, it was Polona Kalan, meaning no in Rotterdam. Preview for the Olympic qualification battle: France - France was drawn first, which is a position nobody wants. I kind of expect them to qualify, even if they don't necessarily deserve it. Their strongest combination Barbancon & Sir Donnerhall have a really poor piaffe though. Judges usually massacre poor piaffes at big events, so let's see what happens here... First day could be crucial for them. Switzerland - Wientzek-Plage could go over 71%. However, even if Wettstein puts together a decent test this time, Switzerland will still have to count either Aeberhard or Lenherr. That is not helpful for their cause. Denmark - They will qualify easily. Both Dufour and Bachmann are expected to score around 78%, putting Denmark a country mile ahead of all unqualified teams... Finland - Henri Ruoste & Rossetti are shooting stars of 2019. They could potentially reach mid-70s... Stegars and Fabricius-Bjerre have enough experience to put forward some decent tests, even if breaking 70% is unlikely. Mikaela Soratie will just participate, in yet another dubious selection for Finnish team (they kind of have a reputation for weird selections)... Belgium - As always, Belgians have a very balanced team on paper, but they are usually hit or miss (mostly miss). Laurence Roos usually overperforms at big events, however... Luxembourg - Luxembourg has an interesting strategy. They put their strongest rider as first, their second strongest rider as second, and their weakest link as third! They could potentially sit in an Olympic qualification position by tomorrow afternoon, but Skarsoe will probably remove them from such position. Skarsoe & So Dark are only really established in their extended walk... Ireland - Irish have a really interesting team. They lack team participation experience big time, however Reynolds, Merveldt and Holstein have plenty of individual experience between themselves... They definitely stand a chance, provided that Kate Dwyer is a discard score. Austria - Austrians are missing their two best riders. This probably leaves them with only one 70% combination, and likely no chance for Olympic team quailfication... Portugal - Portugal has a team of 4 Lusitanos, which is quite cool. Caetano has plenty of experience and should be able to lead this team strongly. Torrao, Torres and Nogueira have all been posting really impressive scores all season long, but they collectively lack championship experience, what could be hurtful for the Portuguese chances... Overall, this event could be the most exciting of all Olympic qualifiers in equestrian...

Screw his results, he is a notorious instagrammer.

Couple of points from qualification document: 1) Tripartite Commission places will be awarded at the end of the qualification period, and only the nations which are still unqualified will be eligible. 2) A nation can receive only one TC place. Therefore, Kuwait is alrwady out of the equation, while San Marino can only dream about having two starters.

Short preview for the Olympic qualification battle in dressage. However, I don't think Austria and Switzerland stand any chance anymore. http://www.eurodressage.com/2019/08/16/david-stickland-fight-be-sixth-2019-european-championships

And that's one more thing the hosts will not be able to improve about venues...

Federer lost to Rublev in just 63 minutes. Apparently it's his quickest defeat since 2003.

But that was always the point of the sport. Good soldier should be able to handle an unfamiliar horse.

Interestingly, if that ever becomes a thing, then MP might as well be dead and burried.

I am really surprised that you support someone based in Switzerland over skiers that are trying to make it out of Brazil. If anything, he reminds me of another versatile Brazilian XC skier...

Equestrian is not giving anything. No quotas, no points.

Or 20 minutes from where I live (and a lot of Mediterranean in general)...

Server crash in 3... 2... 1...

Time fore some more team tagging with equestrian hater.