British vaulters win inaugural Pas-de-Deux
As Britain’s Olympic showjumpers as well as dressage riders were winning aureate at London 2012, the country’s immature vaulters were every bit good winning gold.
Britain’s Andrew McLachlan, 16, and Rebecca Norval, 15, won the Pas-de-Deux entitle at the FEI Open European Junior Vaulting Championships in Pezinok, Slovakia, putting upwardly two nearly perfect rounds.
They finished with a indicate score of 8.009 on Tylers Kernal.
The Pas-de-Deux entitle was introduced for the firstly fourth dimension this twelvemonth at the Pezinok event, which ran from from August 1 to 5 at the Areál Zdravia Rozálka equestrian centre.
Germany’s Justin van Gerven and Gera Marie Grün secured argent alongside 7.799 points on Weltoni RS von der Wintermühle alongside lunger Alexandra Knauf, as well as bronze went to Austria’s Vanessa Hutter and Katharina Wegscheider on Kalinka thirteen with Sabine Frauenschuh.
“After nosotros didn’t qualify for the squad competition, nosotros decided to larn out for the Pas-de-Deux, as well as nosotros won – that is amazing!” said lunger as well as coach John Eccles.
More than 130 athletes, xl lungers as well as 54 horses from xv nations competed inward the championships. Vaulters aged betwixt seven as well as eighteen competed over 5 demanding days to claim squad as well as private titles.
In the teams competition, Germany’s RSV Neuss-Grimlinghausen squad were the favourites, alongside several successes already this year. The squad is coached yesteryear Antje Hill as well as Simone Lang-Wiegele, who were members of the winning High German squad at the FEI Open European Vaulting Championships 2011 inward Le Mans, France, as well as retired subsequently to focus on coaching under-18s at their club.
But they had to run extremely hard to shell Austria’s Club 43 quad, which managed to concur its Pb next the compulsory test.
“It was a fantastic feeling, as well as nosotros would never cause got expected that,” said Karen Asmera, Austrian coach as well as lunger of the 20-year-old Dionysos.
In the minute round, Deutschland asserted its claim on the entitle yesteryear performing hard choreography virtually flawlessly on the dorsum of 14-year-old Remake, lunged yesteryear Simone Lang-Wiegele. All 6 judges gave outstanding marks, culminating inward a total indicate score of 8.904.
Germany as well as thence went on to earn 8.915 points for its minute freestyle functioning to claim gold.
“All the hard run inward wintertime finally paid off,” said Lang-Wiegele. Anje Hill added: “I was certain that nosotros could brand it. I trusted all of my vaulters. We proficient it a M times at home.”
Austria secured argent alongside 7.943 points as well as Switzerland on Pady de Jean Bel alongside lunger Rita Blieske secured bronze alongside 7.733 points.
The private competitions were hard-fought, as well as saw the favourites Thomas Brüsewitz (GER), the 2010 as well as 2011 junior champion, as well as Daniela Fritz (AUS), who had led the Championships from the beginning, both secure argent after existence overtaken inward the finally Freestyle competition.
Austria’s 16-year-old Ramin Simon Rahimi from Vienna, bronze medallist at finally year’s Championships, was amazed to run across his consequence on the hide after scoring 7.995 points on Royal Salut alongside lunger Manuela Barosch. “I never expected to shell Thomas,” he said inward awe.
“This was the freestyle of my life.”
Brüsewitz received 7.897 points on Airbus lunged yesteryear Irina Lenkeit to secure argent alongside Great Britain’s Andrew McLachlan on Tylers Kernal lunged yesteryear John Eccles taking bronze alongside 7.692 points. Adam Lukác narrowly missed out on a medal for host patch Slovakia alongside his 7.470 score on Fantaghira alongside lunger Boris Kodak.
The woman soul Freestyle contest did non goal good for Austria’s Daniela Fritz, who had been leading the FEI Open European Junior Vaulting Championships after iii outstanding rounds.
Her 10-year-old gelding Caramel could non live on calmed after existence disturbed yesteryear a noise, thence Daniela could non perform her routine properly.
After scoring 8.453 points inward the firstly Freestyle round, only solely 6.894 inward the second, she lost her Pb as well as ended on 7.771 points to claim silver.
Manfred Rebel, Austria’s Chef d’Equipe, was consoled when squad mate Anais Kristofics-Binder scored 7.786 points on Alonso alongside lunger Fritz Schandl to win gold.
Germany’s Sophie Hofmann on Riverdance alongside lunger Heide Pozepnia secured bronze alongside her 7.593 score.
Reporting: Daniel Kaiser
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