Saudi rider looks to Rio 2016 after horse injury
Injury to her Equus caballus has meant that Saudi Arabia’s Dalma Rushdi Malhas has been unable to take in the qualifying standards for the London 2012 Olympics.
Had she made the cut, the 20-year-old would direct maintain been the outset woman somebody athlete on the Saudi Olympic equestrian team.
Saudi Arabia officials said this calendar month that or together with therefore of its woman somebody athletes volition hold out allowed to compete at the Olympics for the outset time, a reversal from Apr when it was declared that women would non hold out allowed to compete. Now, apparently, Saudi women volition hold out allowed to compete if they tin hold out dressed “to save their dignity.”
Malhas, who won individual bronze at the maiden Youth Olympic Games inward 2010, had been aiming to accomplish the minimum eligibility touchstone required for the Olympics past times the June 17 deadline, only her Equus caballus was sidelined past times injury together with missed a month’s function during the qualifying period.
The 12-year-old Swedish warmblood mare Caramell KS, who was bought from Swedish passenger Svante Johansson at the terminate of 2011, was constitute to hold out suffering from a dorsum problem, putting an terminate to the rider’s hopes of qualifying for London 2012.
“There direct maintain been or together with therefore reports inward the media [regarding ‘invitations’ to compete at the Games], only regretfully the Saudi Arabian passenger Dalma Rushdi Malhas has non attained the minimum eligibility standards together with consequently volition non hold out competing at the London 2012 Olympic Games”, FEI Secretary General Ingmar De Vos said.
“However, nosotros sympathise that the IOC has a release of other woman somebody athletes from Kingdom of Saudi Arabia inward other sports who are currently nether consideration.
“The FEI is real proud to direct maintain been the International Federation to champaign the outset woman somebody athlete from Kingdom of Saudi Arabia at the Youth Olympic Games when Dalma won private bronze inward the jumping, together with nosotros real much expect frontwards to seeing her on the Olympic phase again,” de Vos said.
“It would direct maintain been a keen chance to direct maintain a woman somebody athlete on the Saudi equestrian team,” Dalma’s mother, Arwa Mutabagan, said, “but Dalma is immature together with she is determined to stand upwardly for Kingdom of Saudi Arabia at the highest level, together with therefore nosotros direct maintain keen hopes for Rio 2016.”
Arwa Mutabagani has been real active inward nurturing the increase of equestrian sport inward Saudi Arabia. Her function was officially recognised inward Apr 2008 when she was appointed every bit the outset woman somebody board fellow member of the Saudi Equestrian Federation. She was likewise the solely woman somebody fellow member of the Saudi Olympic Committee delegation at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.
Earlier this year, Dalma spoke at the IOC Women And Sport conference inward Los Angeles, expressing her decision to laissez passer on the move past times of her chosen sport. “I cannot nevertheless compare myself to the riders of the Saudi outset team, only I am determined to give my best to laissez passer on their score 1 day, together with essay that all women athletes, all over the world, should hold out given equal opportunities.”
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