Lord Coe praises “exceptional Olympic equestrian event”
The caput of the London Olympics has congratulated the FEI as well as its president, Princess Haya, for an “exceptional Olympic equestrian event”.
Lord Sebastian Coe, who chaired the London Games organising committee, described equestrian contest equally “one of the peachy Olympic sports”.
Lord Coe, who was elected equally the novel chairman of the British Olympic Association this week, addressed the FEI General Assembly inwards Istanbul, Turkey, via a video link.
“It would live remiss of me non to at ane time congratulate the FEI President as well as all her squad for helping us to deliver simply an especial Olympic equestrian event,” he said.
“Our chance to convey the sport into the urban center centre was ane that nosotros wanted to grasp alongside both hands as well as I desire to give thank y'all Princess Haya as well as her board for helping to create that inwards such an extraordinarily successful way.
“To accept Greenwich Park, a common of historical importance anywhere inwards the world, but, inside that park, to live able to phase ane of the peachy Olympic sports, was actually for me the icing on the cake.”
Coe too complimented the FEI on the build clean drug-testing results on horses as well as riders.
“Fair play starts at the real direct house of an organisation, then if a sport comes out of a major Games beingness able to plough to the globe as well as nation that nosotros delivered, to the best of our knowledge, a build clean event, this is a real of import vote of confidence, both inwards the sport, inwards the hierarchy of the sport, clearly the competitors, as well as an of import message to a greater extent than broadly for immature people, that this is a sport that does non tolerate surgical physical care for enhancing drugs.
“My lasting as well as overarching message as well as ane suffused alongside eternal gratitude, as well as specially to Princess Haya, is the extraordinary assist as well as collegiate run that was done together to deliver what I intend was arguably ane of the greatest Olympic equestrian events inwards the catch of a community.
“We wanted to inspire a generation, specially a generation who may never accept experienced a detail sport earlier as well as I intend nosotros met that ambition.”
The video message was relayed to 252 delegates from fourscore National Federations that attended the FEI General Assembly, which involved iv days of meetings.
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