Britain’s Eccles wins World vaulting champs gold
More than 150 athletes, l lungers as well as 56 horses from 17 nations converged on the horse sport oculus Boulerie Jump inwards Le Mans, France, finally calendar week for the FEI World Vaulting Championships.
The Championships saw vaulters compete over 5 demanding days for squad as well as private titles (male as well as female), equally good equally the top topographic point for the Pas-de-Deux, which was introduced for the kickoff fourth dimension this yr inwards a World Championship.
18-year drought
The excitement was high-octane inwards the Le Mans arena on the concluding solar daytime of the Championships equally 2 squads had a realistic gamble of winning the title: Voltige Lütisburg from Switzerland as well as Germany’s RSV Neuss-Grimlinghausen squad. After scoring 7.77 for an amazing surgical physical care for inwards the compulsory, the Swiss squad – coached as well as lunged past times Monika Winkler-Bischofberger – had established a comfortable atomic number 82 of nigh 0.2 points. After the 2 next freestyle rounds they cantered to victory on their Equus caballus Will Be Good.
The win position an terminate to an 18-year drought on the footing stage. It was the kickoff Swiss victory at the World Championships since 1994, when they won gilded at the FEI World Equestrian Games inwards The Hague (NED), although they did claim the European entitle at the 2001 Championships inwards Poznan (Poland).
The concluding results were a bang-up surprise for Winkler-Bischofberger, a fellow member of the 1994 Swiss-squad, as well as for High German rider vehicle as well as lunger Jessica Schmitz, also a onetime High German squad member. The distich convey been proficient friends for many years.
“Our Equus caballus was amazing. All my vaulters were ready for that challenge,” Winkler-Bischofberger said amongst tears inwards her eyes afterwards the prizegiving ceremony. Since 2009 her squad from the Swiss canton of St Gallen has been a favourite at the Championships, but never managed to collect gold. “We convey improved a lot the finally years as well as I mean value nosotros deserved this title,” the 36-year-old rider vehicle said.
The kickoff freestyle was won past times FRG past times a narrow margin, but inwards the concluding circular the eventual gilded medallists Lütisburg scored slightly higher for their choreography. On average both squads had nigh the same results inwards freestyle. Helma Schwarzmann, i of the viii judges, was impressed past times both squads: “These 2 squads convey totally dissimilar styles, but they are nigh at the same high level. Lütisburg is to a greater extent than athletic, Neuss to a greater extent than artistic. The deviation was inwards the basics of the compulsory,” she said.
Switzerland’s winning total was 8,424. FRG secured silverish on Arkansas amongst 8,346 points as well as host province French Republic secured bronze amongst 8,006 points on Watriano, lunged past times Fabrice Holzberger.
Fourth entitle inwards a row
In the woman individual contest Britain’s Joanne Eccles was inwards a class of her own. The solely fourth dimension the British entitle defender wasn’t inwards the top topographic point was inwards the compulsory examination at the start of the Championships. Both freestyle rounds as well as also the technical examination were dominated past times the 23-year old Scot, who showed a fantastic high grade routine accompanied past times the Enigma vocal “Turnaround”. Eccles has been unbeaten since Apr 2010. With her 4th entitle inwards a row she is directly grade amongst Germany’s Tanja Benedetto who was the top woman individual vaulter at all championships betwixt 1994 as well as 1997. Only 2 ladies inwards vaulting history – Nadia Zülow (GER/6) as well as Silke Bernhard (GER/5) – convey collected to a greater extent than titles.
Eccles, a late qualified dentist, was thrilled amongst her success. “Some years agone my aim was to win a medal. Now I’ve been able to rest at the top for 4 years,” she said. On her 18-year-old west H Bentley, lunged past times her manful individual raise John Eccles, she volition endure bidding to rest at the top of her sport for about fourth dimension to come.
And it seems highly probable that she volition create precisely that. In Le Mans she won amongst 8,499 points, good clear of her nearest rivals. Silver medallist Rikke Laumann from Kingdom of Denmark scored 8,179 on Ghost Alfarvad Z (lunger: Lasse Kristensen), piece bronze went to Germany’s Sarah Kay amongst 8,078 points on Calvador (Andreas Bäßler).
A sublime minute occurred inwards the kickoff freestyle circular when Austria’s 17-year-old Lisa Wild surprised the audience amongst an acrobatic chemical ingredient never earlier seen inwards competition. She did a backflip off the horse’s dorsum as well as thus landed dorsum on the horse. The judges rewarded her amongst 2nd house for her incredible routine, but unfortunately she was injured when she savage off the Equus caballus inwards the concluding as well as was non able to terminate the freestyle equally planned.
Favourite for the title
The manful individual contest developed into a tussle betwixt the French local hero Nicolas Andreani (FRA) as well as Erik Oese (GER). Oese, a novel shining star on his Championship debut, won the tertiary circular technical examination past times 0,2 points as well as had the gamble to rhythm out the 2009 European Champion as well as favourite for the World title. But freestyle specialist Andreani had absolutely no weak points inwards his finally routine to earn 9,089 points – the highest score of the whole Championship – to claim his kickoff World title.
“I don’t mean value it’s sunk inwards yet,” he said, straight afterwards the score was shown on the screen. The 28-year-old said it was similar a domicile game for him. “It seemed to endure the French Championship equally I ran into the circle.”
The 2012 entitle was a large goal for Andreani, but for sure non his finally one. He plans to defend it inwards 2014 at the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games inwards Normandy. In Le Mans he had to alter to the Equus caballus Just H5N1 Kiss, because his regular partner Idefix de Braize was injured. In 2014 he wants to compete on Idefix, his ain horse. “To piece of occupation footing champion together amongst him, that is my large aim,” he said.
Andreani scored 8,515 points, followed past times Oese on Calvador (lunger: Andreas Bäßler) amongst 8,415. “It has been a fantastic Championship for me. I felt thus confident during my freestyle. Unbelievable,” the 24-year-old Oese said. Third house also went to French Republic amongst 8,199 for Ivan Nousse on Carlos (Elke Shelp Lensing).
Historic Pas-de-Deux
Austria’s Lukas Wacha was unlucky to complete merely out of the private medals inwards 4th house a mere 0.06 points behind Nousse, but the 25-year-old vaulter had argue to celebrate when clinching gilded inwards the Pas-de-Deux.
Lukas as well as his 17-year-old squad mate Jasmin Lindner made history equally the kickoff FEI World Vaulting Champions inwards this novel dependent area amongst 2 nigh perfect rounds, finishing amongst a indicate score of 8.775 on Elliot, lunged past times Klaus Haidacher. And it was a historic win for Republic of Austria likewise equally it was the country’s kickoff World entitle inwards vaulting.
Great Britain’s Joanne as well as Hannah Eccles secured silverish amongst 8,556 points on west H Bentley, i time again lunged past times their manful individual raise John Eccles, as well as bronze went to Megan Benjamin as well as Blake Dahlgren from the the U.S. of America, who were competing on Jarl (lunger: Lasse Kristensen).
Reporting: Daniel Kaiser
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