Canada’s Lamaze and Millar optimistic on Olympic chances
After finishing 5th inward the Olympic squad showjumping at London 2012 with only iii riders, Canada’s Olympic showjumpers are optimistic virtually their chances inward the private concluding at Greenwich Park on Wednesday.
Despite the disqualification of Tiffany Foster only earlier to the start of the kickoff circular of squad contest on Sunday, her teammates Jill Henselwood, defending Olympic Champion Eric Lamaze, together with 10-time Canadian Olympian Ian Millar rallied to complete 5th overall inward the concluding squad standings. All iii scores had to last counted equally Canada did non induce got the payoff of a drib score. Canada together with Brazil were the solely nations competing inward Monday’s squad consequence with iii members.
Entering Monday’s squad concluding inward 6th seat carrying a sum of 5 faults, the Canadians added 21 faults to convey its two-round sum to 26 faults. Both Millar together with Lamaze qualified to deed frontward to the two-round private concluding on Wednesday, August 6.
Setting a basis tape inward London past times competing inward to a greater extent than Olympic Games than whatever athlete inward whatever sport, Millar incurred iv faults inward Monday’s competition. His rails came at ground ix ‘a’, the kickoff chemical cistron of a double combination.
“It was a regrettable iv faults,” said Millar, 65. “I idea nosotros were good, to enjoin y'all the truth. I heard the rub together with wasn’t certain if nosotros had it downward or not, together with I was non virtually to await over at the scoreboard! In Star Power’s history, if he’s going to induce got a rail, he’s probable to induce got it at a tall vertical of the combination.”
Millar finished iii rounds of private qualification tied for 11th house with a sum of 8 faults.
“He gets improve every day, together with I’m optimistic virtually Wednesday,” said Millar of Star Power, an 11-year-old Dutch-bred gelding owned past times Team Works.
The overstep 35 athletes from the master starting champaign of 75, express to a maximum of iii individuals per nation, advance to the two-round private concluding on Wednesday, August 8. All athletes start with a build clean slate of null penalties.
Lamaze equally good qualified for the concluding with a sum of ix faults for 22nd position. Lamaze, who was solely carrying 1 error coming into Monday’s event, had rails downward at the ‘b’ chemical cistron of the triple combination at ground seven, equally good equally release 10.
“It was a hard course of written report for my horse; it was a hard course of written report for many horses,” said Lamaze, 44, of his mount, Derly Chin de Muze, a nine-year-old Belgian Warmblood mare owned past times Ashland Stables together with Lamaze’s Torrey Pines Stable.
As the defending Olympic Champion, Lamaze said of his chances on Wednesday, “My Equus caballus is immature together with inexperienced, but nosotros all start from zero. Anything tin happen.”
Henselwood, 49, had 2 rails down, at ground 10 together with ground 12, riding George, a 10-year-old Hanoverian gelding owned past times Brian Gingras.
“I idea George was awesome,” said Henselwood, a fellow member of Canada’s silvery medal squad at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games riding amongst London teammates Lamaze together with Millar. “He’s green. He’s tried together with then hard at these Games together with with a lilliputian to a greater extent than experience, he would jump clear.”
In the squad final, the Olympic equestrian venue of Greenwich Park erupted when Great UK of Britain together with Northern Republic of Ireland won the gilt medal inward a dramatic jump-off. Both Great UK of Britain together with Northern Republic of Ireland together with the Netherlands were tied with a sum of 8 faults next 2 rounds of squad contest to strength an all-deciding jump-off.
To the please of many of the 21,000 spectators, Great UK of Britain together with Northern Republic of Ireland finished the jump-off with a perfect order of null faults to earn its kickoff squad gilt medal since the 1952 Helsinki Olympic Games. Kingdom of the Netherlands incurred 12 faults inward the jump-off to accept the squad silver. Kingdom of Saudi Arabia earned its kickoff Olympic squad medal inward demo jumping, taking the bronze medal with xiv faults.
Switzerland placed 4th with xvi faults piece Canada was 5th with 26 faults. Sweden together with the U.S. of A. of America tied with 28 faults for 6th piece Brazil finished 8th with 67 faults. From the master starting champaign of fifteen nations, 8 teams qualified to compete inward the squad final.
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