Olympic quota system needs to be set
Agreement needs to live reached on proposed changes to the quota system together with qualification construction for equestrian sports for the Rio 2016 Games, FEI Secretary General Ingmar De Vos said on the opening hateful solar daytime of the second FEI Sports Forum inwards Switzerland yesterday.
While the lastly conclusion on both issues rests alongside the IOC, de Vos said at that topographic point had been a clear message from the IOC that no increment on the overall quota for equestrian sport of 200 athletes volition live accepted.
“These are the parameters together with nosotros require to honour the best relaxation betwixt universality together with surgery together with to give equal chances to all regions. There is no perfect solution, exactly it is of import to direct keep consensus inside our community. The credibility of that community together with of our sport depends on our might to pose aside national interests together with stand upward together behind a unified proposal for the IOC.”
To ensure that the same number of nations tin qualify for the 2016 Olympic Games, it is proposed that all 3 Olympic disciplines should live aligned, thence that teams inwards each dependent would include a maximum of 4 riders alongside the 3 best scores to count. This would hateful a reduction from 5 riders to 4 inwards Eventing; together with an increment from 3 riders to 4 inwards Dressage, together with allow for the introduction of 1 reserve Equus caballus per squad for Eventing to pick out it into draw alongside the other ii disciplines.
Under the proposed quota shift, Jumping remains at 75 starters, spell Eventing drops to 65 (from 75 inwards 2012) to allow Dressage numbers to increment to lx (from 50). It was highlighted that the simulation of the novel quota distribution for Eventing, based on the 2012 Olympic Games figures, would non direct keep altered the number of qualified nations. The British National Federation expressed its draw organisation nearly the reduction of squad members for Eventing, exactly understood why the proposal had been made.
Consensus on the quota shift was reached together with volition forthwith live brought to the IOC. There is to a greater extent than fourth dimension to finalise the proposal for specific qualification systems earlier it is submitted to the FEI General Assembly inwards November, together with stakeholders were urged to proceed the ground on the dedicated Online Platform.
There were a number of requests from delegates for the quota to live increased, together with IOC Sports Department Director Christophe Dubi said that every International Federation is seeking an increase. “Let’s live real clear here, the quotas were fix inwards 1996 together with direct keep remained roughly the same, together with volition rest the same,” he said.
“The essence of every IF is to grow their sport, exactly if you lot added xx to a greater extent than riders, or at that topographic point were to a greater extent than athletes inwards other sports, what’s the added value for the Olympic Games? It’s the same for every sport together with the response from a purely objective standpoint is that it wouldn’t brand a difference. It comes downward to the relaxation betwixt universality together with performance. The Games stand upward for the pinnacle together with the 200 you lot direct keep stand upward for your sport’s best on a worldwide basis.”
The FEI Secretary General together with thence opened give-and-take on qualification criteria for the 2016 Paralympics, the lastly theme of the opening session, starting with an evaluation of the London 2012 Paralympic Games, including highlighting tape ticket sales together with the huge media involvement generated past times the Para-Dressage events at Greenwich Park. The rapid evolution of the sport has meant that or thence changes to the format are necessary, together with FEI Dressage together with Para-Dressage Director Trond Asmyr spoke on the proposals, which include the reduction of maximum participants from 1 province from 5 to 4 together with the necessity to include at to the lowest degree 1 passenger from Grade III or IV inwards the team.
Both the FEI Secretary General together with session moderator Richard Nicoll 1 time to a greater extent than highlighted the FEI Sports Forum Online Platform together with invited delegates together with other stakeholders to proceed the give-and-take online on www.fei.org.
Panellists for the Olympic together with Paralympic Games Qualification System Forum were IOC Sports Director & Deputy Olympic Games Executive Director, Christophe Dubi, FEI Secretary General Ingmar De Vos, the Chairs of the FEI Technical Committees – John Madden (USA), Jumping; Giuseppe Della Chiesa (ITA), Eventing; Frank Kemperman (NED), Dressage; together with Ulf Wilken (SWE), Para-Dressage; the FEI Olympic together with Paralympic dependent Directors – John Roche (Jumping), Trond Asmyr (Dressage together with Para-Dressage) together with Catrin Norinder (Eventing together with Olympic), together with FEI Senior Legal Counsel Mikael Rentsch.
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