Olympic equestrian history celebrated in new sites

New Zealand’s Mark Todd was 28 when he won private aureate on Charisma at his get-go Olympics, inward Los Angeles 28 years ago. He takes component subdivision inward his 7th Games inward London 2012. [FEI History Hub]

The FEI has launched ii novel equestrian sport sub-sites inward the leadup to the 2012 Olympic Games.

The London 2012 hub is dedicated to all things Olympic together with Paralympic, both sometime together with new, together with the History hub celebrates  the centenary of equestrian sport inward the Olympic Movement.

This  new department explores all the equine together with human athletes that get got made Olympic equestrian history since 1912. Each Games is detailed, with summaries on the sport, consummate results, statistics together with iconic photos of Olympic venues together with the equestrian world’s most celebrated riders together with horses.

The richly illustrated website follows the development of a traditional action opened upwards solely to commissioned officers together with “gentlemen riders” into the modern together with exciting sport it is today. Amateur historians volition last delighted to honour rare images together with to savor piffling known facts together with anecdotes.

The Olympic hub likewise includes all the technical information around the Olympic Games, links to schedules together with results, equally good equally all the Olympic word from the FEI together with a regularly updated photograph gallery.

“Each Olympics together with Paralympics convey novel achievements together with the always changing horizon of sporting enterprise, together with nosotros greet each novel sense alongside anticipation together with expectation,” FEI President HRH Princess Haya said.

“But the Games are non solely most the hither together with straight off together with what is to come. They are likewise most what has been achieved; what limitations get got been exceeded, together with what barriers broken; what records get got been prepare together with what heights of endeavor scaled.

Conrad Holmfeld together with Abdullah on their means to private silvery together with squad aureate for the USA inward 1984. [FEI History Hub]

“In the coming weeks, millions of people volition get got the run a hazard to encounter equestrian sport at its really best at the Olympic together with Paralympic Games. To all our athletes together with back upwards personnel taking component subdivision inward the Olympic together with Paralympic Games, I wishing the really best of luck. We are all aware of the years of difficult run that were necessary to accept you lot to the top of our sport together with nosotros are immensely proud of you,” Princess Haya said.

The hub volition presently last expanded to include biographies for athletes together with officials at the London 2012 Olympic Games, equally good equally the history of equestrian events at the Paralympic Games since equestrian joined the listing of Paralympic sports inward 1996.

 

 

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