Paralympic freestyle gold to Baker with record score

Natasha Baker won gilded again, followed past times Britta Napel inward silvery medal seat in addition to Angelika Trabert with bronze. © FEI/Liz Gregg

Britain’s Natasha Baker thrilled the domicile crowd to win Grade II Freestyle gilded on Cabral at the Paralympic Games in Greenwich Park.

Also decided on Mon was the Grade Ib Freestyle, which was won by Pepo Puch from Austria.

Grade II

Greenwich hosted a hot, sunny twenty-four threescore minutes menses in addition to the grandstand was packed arena. It was Baker’s 2nd gilded medal, afterward she won  Saturday’s Grade II Individual Championship test. In 2nd house inward the freestyle was Britta Napel with her 3rd silvery medal (she also won squad silver) in addition to Angelika Trabert, winning her 2nd bronze medal of the Games, amongst her squad silver.

Baker, 22, said she never imagined she could win gilded medals at her showtime Paralympic Games. “I’ve actually developed every bit a passenger over the past times calendar week in addition to convey learnt a lot. I never idea JP (Cabral) would live on thus settled, but he loved it.”

The brace were thus successful that they non solely won gilded over again on Monday, but did thus on a Paralympic tape score in addition to personal best of 82.8 per cent. “I knew it was going to live on good, but I never imagined it would live on a Paralympic record,” she said, beaming from ear to ear afterward her victory ceremony.

Natasha Baker (GBR) celebrates her Grade II Freestyle gilded medal.

Baker faced tough contest from the likes of reigning Freestyle Paralympic champion Lauren Barwick in addition to German linguistic communication rivals Britta Napel in addition to Angelika Trabert.

But she rose to the challenge superbly, delivering a high-class musical routine that was a cutting higher upwardly anything else.

Napel (Aquilina 3) in addition to Trabert (Ariva-Avanti) took silvery in addition to bronze respectively, with Ireland’s Eilish Byrne fourth.

An elated Baker said: “I am completely over the moon. It was a personal best, a Paralympic tape in addition to a gilded medal. That’s pretty special.

“I was thus far behind my music I had to completely improvise. I intend I mightiness improvise a chip to a greater extent than often! I had to cutting a corner, but I intend it looked quite skilful artistically. I was going to alter my music afterward this, but I may non now!

“The music actually shows JP off to his max. It is literally human foot perfect. Ken Barnsely, who died in conclusion year, pose it together for me. He’s played a massive business office inward me getting that score,” said Baker, who admitted to beingness extremely superstitious.

“The Opening Ceremony was the black earlier I was competing in addition to nosotros were a chip cheeky in addition to had a McDonalds, thus every twenty-four threescore minutes menses since I convey a McDonalds the twenty-four threescore minutes menses earlier I’ve competed in addition to it’s worked.

“I simply wanted to come upwardly in addition to produce my best, in addition to I did. The music suits my Equus caballus thus well. It is perfect for him,” Baker said.

Trabert in addition to Napel reiterated the tremendous squad spirit that had helped them acquire to London in addition to run thus effectively every bit a team. For Angelika Trabert, this was her 5th Paralympic Games experience, having competed at every edition since equestrian sport joined the programme inward 1996, every bit has Nathalie Bizet (FRA) in addition to Jens Lasse Dokkan (NOR).

“It’s a large equestrian family, I am nevertheless inward impact with the owners of the Equus caballus I used inward Sydney in addition to they’ve been calling me a lot these past times few days,” Trabert joked. “The volunteers, the crowds, the sportsmanship in addition to the horsemanship at the overstep has been excellent.”

It’s been a actually successful Paralympic Games for the Germans thus far, in addition to at that topographic point is nevertheless potential for to a greater extent than on Tuesday with the Grade III Freestyle looming over defending champions Hannelore Brenner in addition to Women of the World, thus it’s non over yet.

Top viii riders inward Grade II all over the 70% mark.

Defending champion Lauren Barwick, of Canada, rode Off to Paris to a score of 71.500%, for 8th place.

“Our Freestyle was emotional in addition to fantastic,” Barwick said.

“It was all I could inquire for in addition to expression from my mare at this stage. This flat of international contest is nevertheless novel for her, in addition to she is actually coming along. As our grooming progresses, everything volition come upwardly together every bit it should.”

Pepo Puch of Republic of Austria with his Grade 1b Freestyle gold medal.

Grade Ib

Grade Ib British legend Lee Pearson relinquished the Freestyle entitle he has held for thus long, settling into bronze medal position. Pepo Puch‘s win also goes downwardly inward the history books every bit Austria’s showtime gilded medal at the equestrian events of the Paralmypic Games since 1996, amongst the showtime bronze medal he won on Saturday.

For Finland, it’s a showtime appearance on the London 2012 Para-Equestrian Dressage medals tabular array with a silvery medal winning functioning from Katja Karjalainen with a score of 74.250.

Puch rode a swinging exam on his mare Fine Feeling for a concluding score of 79.150 per cent. “She likes the people, the atmosphere, the cheering in addition to she offers me thus much,” said the quondam trial passenger who competed for Republic of Austria at the 2004 Olympic Games inward Athens.

He described his 15-year-old Hannoverian mare past times Fabriano every bit a “prima ballerina”.

“My mare offered me thus much. She likes the music; she starts to trip the calorie-free fantastic in addition to to swing in addition to she says ‘come to my party’.”

After his accident inward 2008, which was a technical accident in addition to non through whatever error of his horse, he spent half dozen months immobile inward hospital, in addition to vowed never to hand up. As before long every bit he was out, was lifted onto his 2007 Burghley Equus caballus The Who, in addition to began his rehabilitation.

Pepo Puch afterward winning gilded inward the Grade 1b freestyle. © FEI/Liz Gregg

“My married adult woman is my trainer in addition to I prepare her, thus this success is for the family,” he added.

On beating Lee Pearson, “he’s a non bad sportsman, I promise to live on the passenger he is 1 day”.

The silvery medal went to the in conclusion passenger to go, Finland’s Katja Karjalainen in addition to Rosie, who snuck ahead of Pearson past times simply .05%. Karjalainen, who is visually impaired, has partnered the 14-year-old mare past times Monaco for the past times iii years.

She said: “We won bronze with this freestyle music at the Worlds, thus I knew I had a jeopardy of bronze, but I never dreamt of winning silver, non inward my wildest dreams.”

The resultant was something of a disappointment for the British crowd, who had been hoping to encounter Pearson claim an 11th Paralympic gilded medal.

The 38-year-old had never been beaten inward iii successive Paralympics earlier London, but his score of 74.200 per cent aboard Gentleman was non enough.

Pearson finished his London 2012 Paralympic Games sense with a James Bond themed Freestyle to earn the bronze medal – which he adds to his squad gilded in addition to private entitle silvery for the consummate medal set.

“The iii medals volition expression non bad over my fireplace,” he joked. He right away has his sights onrush the future, novel horses, the FEI World in addition to European Championships in addition to ultimately Rio 2016.

“Gentleman has struggled this calendar week physically. It is quite odd for him to compete every other twenty-four threescore minutes menses over half dozen days, thus the guys backstage convey been working difficult on keeping him sane in addition to sound.

“I don’t intend he could convey offered whatever to a greater extent than inward the arena and, to live on honest, I don’t intend I could convey ridden whatever better. Literally, bronze was the maximum I could convey got. I’ve got OCD, thus 1 of each coloring volition live on actually prissy higher upwardly the fireplace.”

Pearson’s placings varied greatly. Three judges had him inward second, 1 inward 5th in addition to the British justice had Lee 11th. Lee was asked to comment virtually a discrepancy inward the marks during the press conference: “She saw whatever she saw.”

Individual gilded medalists, Australia’s Joann Formosa and Worldwide PB, were 4th inward the freestyle. Formosa is trained past times Manuela McLean, who said the passenger missed one of the prescribed moves (a circle inward walk) in addition to was heavily penalised.

“Had she done the travail it would convey been a silvery medal! Julia, the squad coach,who called her test, tried her damndest to telephone telephone approximately other walk circle but Jo’s ears were on the music in addition to she didn’t take away heed her. And thus nosotros came fourth,” McLean said.

Canada’s Ashley Gowanlock placed 6th with a score of  68.800%,  riding Maile, Barwick’s private gilded in addition to silvery medal partner at the 2008 Paralympic Games.

“Maile was rattling relaxed inward the band today,” said Gowanlock, who was also a fellow member of the Canadian Team at the 2008 Paralympics. “You convey to convey fun inward the freestyle-that is the signal of the test. It was thus amazing to ride inward front end of 10,000 people. I volition hollo upwardly this contest for the residue of my life.”

• On Tuesday Grades IV, III in addition to Ia volition convey their Freestyle tests with medal ceremonies for each of the Grades, every bit good every bit the overall squad medal ceremony.

Britain’s Lee Pearson on Gentleman afterward winning Grade Ib freestyle bronze. © FEI/Liz Gregg

Angelika Trabert, who won Grade II bronze on Ariva-Avanti. © FEI/Liz Gregg

Lauren Barwick (CAN) in addition to Off to Paris. © Lindsay McCall

Ashley Gowanlock in addition to Maile. © Lindsay McCall

 

Ind. Freestyle Test – Grade II

Rk	Bib	Rider	Horse	Result	+
1	207	BAKER N	CABRAL	82.800	+
2	208	NAPEL B	AQUILINA 3	77.400	+
3	209	TRABERT A	ARIVA-AVANTI	76.150	+
4	210	BYRNE E	YOURI	75.250	+
5	223	HART R	LORD LUDGER	73.250	+
6	203	MINNECI B	BARILLA	73.100	+
7	217	BOLMER G	VORMAN	71.650	+
8	205	BARWICK L	OFF TO PARIS	71.500	+
9	221	MOLLER W	FIRST LADY VAN PRINS	69.900	+
10	222	DEDRICK D	BONIFATIUS	69.150	+
11	204	MELARANCI E	ZABELLE	67.100	+
12	214	BAITENMANN HAAKH E	CASABLANCA	65.900	+
13	206	NIELSEN C	LEON	64.850	+
14	212	SALVADE F	COME ON	64.750	+
15	216	OTHEGUY GONZALEZ M	WELTON ADONIS	63.500	+
16	220	DAWSON A	ROFFELAAR	63.450	+
17	219	GUNNER A	HUNTINGDALE INCOGNITO	62.750	+
18	218	VAN DE SANDE P	VALENCIA Z	61.450	+
19	215	FIGUEROA ROMERO F	UWANNABEMINE	60.100	+
–	202	HALLER T	HALLERS DESSINO	RT	+
–	213	VERATTI S	ZADOK	WD	+

Ind. Freestyle Test – Grade Ib

Rk	Bib	Rider	Horse	Result	+
1	102	PUCH P	FINE FEELING	79.150	+
2	106	KARJALAINEN K	ROSIE	74.250	+
3	109	PEARSON L	GENTLEMAN	74.200	+
4	101	FORMOSA J	WORLDWIDE PB	73.700	+
5	115	WENTZ J	RICHTER SCALE	73.000	+
6	105	GOWANLOCK A	MAILE	68.800	+
7	107	KIVIMAKI J	GRIVIS	68.700	+
8	111	DOKKAN JL	LEOPOLD	68.450	+
9	108	SALLES V	MENZANA D’HULM	67.900	+
10	103	FERNANDES ALVES M	LUTHENAY DE VERNAY	67.800	+
11	104	SALAZAR PESSOA D	DAUERBRENNER	66.300	+
12	110	ASAKAWA N	ROSADO	64.250	+
13	113	MILNE M	SHADOW	63.550	+
14	114	TAN M	AVALON	62.000	+
15	112	DUARTE S	NEAPOLITANO MORELLA	55.350	+

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