Triple gold for Germans at World University Champs
Germany won 3 of the 4 titles on offering at the World University Equestrian Championships at Aachen at the weekend, taking out the gilded medals inwards the team combined, dressage and private competitions.
Twenty-six countries started at the offset of the event, amongst the terminal pick all starting amongst a build clean slate to cause upward one's heed the eventual placings.
Riders aboard borrowed horses had to produce a dressage exam equally a group, followed past times a challenging jumping course.
France won argent inwards the combined squad competition, amongst New Zealand taking out bronze.
Winner of the private combined was Germany’s Lisette Ahrens, amongst compatriot Charlotte Rehborn winning the dressage. Rehborn was also 2d overall inwards the combined, amongst Germany’s Nadine Kraft third.
“It was a actually exceptional sense to hold out here. Normally exclusively the large stars of our sports are riding here,” Rehborn said.
Spain’s Diana Marsa managed to intermission the High German stranglehold past times winning private gilded inwards the showjumping, amongst Ahrens dorsum inwards 4th house the best-placed High German rider. Ahrens was also 3rd inwards the dressage.
“During grooming earlier the contest nosotros tried to ride many dissimilar horses too cook us for the many dissimilar horses hither at the WUEC,” Kraft said afterward. And the dwelling wages could non hold out underestimated.
“The fan back upward was awesome,” Rehborn said.
After 5 competition days Daniel Armbruster, FISU CT Chair Equestrian, drew a positive conclusion. “The tournament was a bully success. The riders’ bird was equally expert equally the horses’ too the Organizing Committee presented us all a exceptional basis championship.”
Dr Verena Burk, President of the WUEC Organizing Committee, said: “Many delegations told me that they felt real comfortable inwards Aachen. We were able to convince equally organizers too equally hosts. We raised the bar for the adjacent organizers inwards 2014.”
It was the first off fourth dimension the bronze medal winning New Zealand squad had had riders at the championships, too double-decker Penny Castle was rapt amongst their efforts.
“The riders had only 5 minutes to warm upward within the principal arena too bring never experienced anything similar this before,” she said. “Both French Republic too FRG are seasoned campaigners at this type of event.”
With only 2 marks separating the 3 teams, the pull per unit of measurement area was on inwards the jumping.
Chloe Akers won her department amongst a real polished round, amongst Helen Bruce and Rachael Bentall striking a few tyke problems.
Trainer John Cottle said the bronze medal was “beyond” their expectations at the champs.
“It’s the first off fourth dimension New Zealand has had a squad at the championships too they’ve done brilliantly,” he said. “This is out of flavor for us, too their efforts are a existent credit to the run they bring order inwards over the wintertime months.”
All 3 of the riders bring represented New Zealand before.
Bruce has only graduated from Massey University amongst a bird inwards technology scientific discipline majoring inwards agriculture, too is a regular competition inwards both eventing too jumping.
Akers, a trainee primary schoolhouse instructor who won the first New Zealand Universities Championship, is an award-winning jumper, but has previously competed inwards dressage.
Bentall, who is inwards her 3rd twelvemonth of medicine at Auckland University, says making the Aachen squad is the near exciting to engagement for her too, despite having ridden for the field inwards Australia, Korea too South Africa.
Final squad results:
FRG 78.34 gold
French Republic 77.53 silver
New Zealand 63.18 bronze
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