Horse injury forces Shane Rose off Aust Olympic team
Australian eventer Shane Rose has been ruled out of the Olympic Games after his Equus caballus Taurus sustained a leg injury.
He is to go replaced yesteryear travelling reserve Megan Jones on Allofasudden.
The squad vets had left the determination to the 11th sixty minutes to render Rose as well as Taurus amongst every chance to larn their begin at the Games.
But after extensive veterinarian exam as well as monitoring, they deemed the Equus caballus non recovered sufficiently to withstand the extensive pressure level of the Olympic Eventing competition.
Rose, 39, likewise missed out inward Atlanta inward 1996 inward what would own got been his kickoff Olympic Games, when his Equus caballus Mr Joe Cool went lame inward the US. He was replaced yesteryear Gillian Rolton, as well as the squad went on to win gold.
It was 12 years afterward earlier Rose’s Olympic dream was realised when he was selected to compete for Commonwealth of Australia inward Beijing 2008. As a role of the eventing team, Rose as well as Equus caballus All Luck won a silvery medal, amongst the twain clocking the best cross soil round. He likewise placed 27th inward the private event.
Equestrian Section Manager Brett Mace said that the nature of the sport is that these sorts of injuries inward horses tin occur, which is why the travelling reserves are on hand.
“This is non uncommon for equestrian for a Equus caballus to sustain an injury of this nature unopen of a major stimulate as well as spell the injury is non serious, in that location is simply non plenty fourth dimension for recovery amongst simply nether a calendar week to go.
“There is no doubtfulness this is a blow for the squad as well as nosotros experience for Shane who has worked for many years preparing Taurus for these Games. He is a difficult working athlete who was a formidable role of our silvery medal Beijing team.
“But nosotros had to accept the advice of our vets inward relation to functioning as well as likewise Equus caballus welfare and so Megan Jones and Allofasudden will go added to the team.
“Megan has been working amongst her Equus caballus to ensure they are contest ready. She has the experience as well as proven runway tape to larn inward at this score of contest after finishing amongst a squad silvery medal as well as 4th individually at Beijing.
“The squad right away needs to focus on finalising preparation, as well as spell Shane volition go a loss, nosotros experience our medal chances stay simply equally strong,” he said.
The eventing squad volition caput into Greenwich Park on Tuesday ahead of the begin of the contest on Saturday, July 28.
Other than inward 1996, the entirely other fourth dimension that a reserve has made it onto the eventing squad was inward 1992, was Gillian Rolton, as well as the squad in 1 lawsuit to a greater extent than won gold.
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