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There is, but they didn't bother to send a team last time. I guess they will this time seeing how they went in Tryon. Still, that leaves a spot for one rather undeserving team...

After missing Olympic qualification by exactly one place at both Rio qualifiers, the Irish show jumping team has again missed it by one place. That's absolutely incredible. And ridiculous. And therefore everyone who dares to use term "bad luck" on this forum will get a stern look from me. Meanwhile, this is how Group G team jumping qualification event for Rio 2016 looked like. Two quotas were on offer - Japan and Australia qualified. This time we have 2 quotas on offer again, but with a twist lying in a fact that both Japan and Australia are already qualified! Absolutely ridiculuos. One of these teams needs to avoid elimination and the joke is real!!

Yeah, I predicted 3-1 for Serbia. Didn't think about it twice.

McLain! That was, WOW. Best competition of WEG so far.

McLain will have 0.21 seconds in hand over Fredricson.

What a jump-off!!

What a fail for Baryard.

Gotta give it to Australia though. Kermond and Raymont arrived to Europe few months ago, and when they entered World Cup finals in Paris they looked completely out of place with fences flying left and right. They have made an outstanding improvement since.

Top 25 with max 3 per nation.

Jump-off for gold! Wow, imagine the odds!!

So next year we'll have Europeans with yet to qualify. My heart breaks for Ireland.

And here we go... Australia qualified. Great news for Chinese Taipei.

Australia guaranteed to finish at least 7th. Cian needs clear to qualify Ireland. That's it. EDIT: Wait, Rowan can already secure it...

Eric Lamaze has withdrawn.

At least silver for Sweden. If USA has 0+4 then we have a gold medal jump-off...

So, if Whitaker has 2 down, and O'Connor has 1 down, then Australia doesn't even have to jump for qualification. Mind blowing.

France is almost surely out now.

Great Britain suddenly jumping clears....

Team Para-dressage Netherlands - 223.597% Great Britain - 222.957% Germany - 219.001% all qualify a team for Tokyo Paralympics.

She missed the distance on first attempt and then the horse lost all its confidence...

Sprunger eliminated at second jump. Unbelieveable!

We might have a jump-off despite all the decimals. USA and Sweden are separated by exactly 4.00 penalties.

Actually all of them mostly compete in North America. There is a competitive circuit there, with a lot of Europeans regularly coming as well, especially during winter months in Florida. Jumping is in a different world to dressage and eventing, flying horses is an everyday occurance (mostly because there is so much more prize money).

Good round for Breen. Not a random clear, but not bad either.