Cross-country takes toll on Olympic teams

parts society from Bendigo on the cross Cross-country takes cost on Olympic teams — Clayton Fredericks (Australia) parts society from Bendigo on the cross-country at Greenwich.

Greenwich’s cross-country took its cost on the teams competitor of the Olympic eventing on Monday, with fifteen eliminations with the xiii nations taking part.

Seven of the get-go 27 combinations cruel on a course of pedagogy that appeared to hold upward really slippery inwards places too challenging inwards price of its fences.

Individual results

The cross-country drew a large crowd, including Prince William too married adult woman Kate, Prince Harry too other royals.

Canadian rider Hawley Bennett-Awad required medical attending after falling from Gin & Juice at struggle three. She is inwards a stable status inwards Royal London Hospital, but details of her injuries were non available.

Before the Olympics, Bennett-Awad told the Vancouver Lord's Day that Gin & Juice – named after a Snoop Dogg vocal – had a history of bucking too had already sent her to infirmary iii times.

Fellow Canadian Peter Barry was unhurt when he cruel from his horse, Kilrodan Abbott.

Belgian Carl Bouckaert fell at the same struggle equally Bennett-Awad, spell Japan’s Takayuki Yumira also parted society with his mountain Latina.

Britain’s Nicola Wilson and Opposition Buzz gave the Host Nation a flight start inwards the cross-country, with the squad eventually slotting into 2nd identify from Germany, with Sweden, too New Zealand inwards 3rd too fourth.

The World too European squad gilt medallists delivered a bright round, finishing near 12 seconds within the fourth dimension allowed of 10 minutes, iii seconds. An elated Wilson remained on her dressage score of 51.70 penalties.

She said: “He was only unreal, what a fantastic horse. This is his favourite stage yesteryear far. When he gets to larn cross-country solar daytime it’s similar all his birthdays too Christmases withdraw keep come upward at once.”

Australian Christopher Burton went clear within the fourth dimension yesteryear a remarkable 17 seconds. He breezed only about the 5,728-metre course of pedagogy on HP Leilani.

It made upward for eliminations yesteryear both Clayton Fredericks (Bengido) too Sam Griffiths (Happy Times) which has dropped Commonwealth of Australia to 6th inwards the squad contest.

British squad member Zara Phillips attacked the course of pedagogy with confidence from the start on her Olympic debut.

Despite her Equus caballus High Kingdom’s relative inexperience, they relished the challenge too became the 4th combination to larn clear within the time, after Burton, Wilson too leader Germany’s Ingrid Klimke.

The Queen’s granddaughter punched the air equally she went through the goal to an ecstatic reception from an adoring crowd equally she finished on her dressage score of 46.10.

New Zealand’s iii best scores from Mark Todd, Andrew Nicholson too Jonathan Paget puts the squad 4th on 133.40.

Despite suffering ii eliminations, Republic of Ireland notwithstanding improved their squad range yesteryear ii places due to highly competitive performances from the iii remaining riders.

Michael Ryan with Ballylynch Adventure was the get-go to withdraw keep a fall, only a few fences from home.

Ireland’s side yesteryear side rider, Aoife Clark with Master Crusoe, kept Irish Gaelic hopes hold upward with a beautiful clear circular too only 3.6 fourth dimension penalties, too she was followed yesteryear Joseph Murphy on Electric Cruise, who also came domicile with a superb clear too 4.8 fourth dimension penalties.

But tragedy struck the Irish Gaelic squad for a 2nd fourth dimension when their leading rider, Kildare’s 22 year-old Camilla Speirs too Portersize Just a Jif, took a heavy autumn at the Rose Garden complex. Both Equus caballus too passenger took some fourth dimension to recover too the competitor was delayed spell ambulances were called.

However, neither was believed to withdraw keep sustained serious injury, though nether eventing rules whatever autumn leads to automatic elimination, which meant that Republic of Ireland was forthwith inwards danger of losing squad status, with iii scores needed to continue.

Irish supporters were inwards suspense equally the concluding squad rider, Mark Kyle too Coolio took to the course, but they went clear, picking upward 7.20 fourth dimension faults, too helping to get upward Republic of Ireland to squad 8th identify overall.

Team Ireland’s Eventing director Ginny Elliot said afterwards: “There was an awful lot of pressure level on Mark equally the concluding passenger to go, for if he’d had an elimination nosotros would withdraw keep been out of the competitor completely. But he handled it brilliantly, too he has been a nifty back upward to everyone all day.

“Mike Ryan was thence unfortunate to come upward off only ii fences from home, equally he had been doing thence well, but the Equus caballus was only a chip also tired at that stage. There were fantastic clear rounds from both Aoife Clark too Joseph Murphy, too Camilla was really unopen to domicile when she came off too she was within the time, equally far equally I know.

“I’m only going into the hospital forthwith to run into her, thence I notwithstanding don’t know precisely what happened, equally her autumn was non covered on whatever of the monitors. But I’m glad to say that both she too the Equus caballus are well.

“There’s no doubtfulness nosotros did really good to withdraw keep iii Olympic clear rounds inwards pretty proficient time, too if nosotros larn iii clears tomorrow nosotros tin say it has been a pretty proficient lawsuit for us. There’s no doubtfulness nosotros are amend inwards dressage than before, but we’ve got to larn fifty-fifty better, for if we’d had lower dressage penalties on the get-go solar daytime too then we’d hold upward inwards a higher identify the ladder at this stage.”

• There volition hold upward ii rounds of showjumping on Tuesday. The first round (1.25m) is for combinations who transcend the vet check. The top iii scores for each province volition counting, too this volition produce upward one's hear the squad medals.

Then the top 25 riders over the iii phases – including the get-go jumping circular – limit some other circular over a 1.3m track. There is a limit of iii riders per province inwards this round. The private eventing medal winners are those who withdraw keep scored the to the lowest degree penalties over the competition.

Team Ranking after Cross Country

Rk	Team	Result	+
1	Germany	124.70	+
2	Great Britain	130.20	+
3	Sweden	131.40	+
4	New Zealand	133.40	+
5	United States	155.20	+
6	Australia	173.40	+
7	France	177.70	+
8	Ireland	178.80	+
9	Belgium	185.80	+
10	Brazil	269.20	+
11	Netherlands	1136.70	+
12	Canada	1177.40	+
13	Japan	1191.00