Germans get pass to aim for Nations Cup final
The FEI Jumping Committee has ruled that the German linguistic communication squad volition live allowed to participate inwards its remaining 3 Nations Cup qualifying competitions together with earn points towards the 2013 final.
The German linguistic communication squad was withdrawn from the Nations Cup leg inwards St Gallen, Switzerland, on May 31, because its owners would non allow their horses to boundary due to the atmospheric condition conditions.
Before the origin of the season, together with inwards line of piece of job alongside the rules, the German linguistic communication National Federation had nominated St Gallen, Rotterdam (NED) on June 21, Aachen (GER) on June 27, together with Hickstead (GBR) on August 2 every bit the iv events where it would aim to earn qualifying points for the serial final.
Under the rules, whatsoever National Federation that does non abide by its written commitment to accept run inwards the specified qualifying competitions volition lose its points for the entire season.
But, according to a preamble to the serial rules: “In whatsoever unforeseen or particular circumstance which is non addressed past times these Rules, it is the duty of the FEI Jumping Committee to translate them together with homecoming a Decision inwards a means compatible to the fullest extent possible alongside the other provisions of these Rules, the GRs together with whatsoever other applicable rules of the FEI, every bit good every bit sporting spirit.”
German Secretary General Soenke Lauterbach contacted the FEI on June 3 asking it to consider allowing Federal Republic of Federal Republic of Germany to collect points during the 2013 Europe Division 1 season. The FEI Jumping Committee met via conference telephone band the next 24-hour interval to review the events at St Gallen together with voiced its sum back upward for the decisions taken on the Earth during the event, which had all been taken based on the conditions at the fourth dimension together with inwards sum consultation alongside all Chefs d’Equipe, the Ground Jury, the Organising Committee together with the FEI.
In a follow-up call, the conclusion to allow the German linguistic communication squad to have qualifying points at its 3 remaining qualifying competitions was made past times FEI Jumping Committee Chair John Madden (USA) together with ii of the Committee members, Ian Allison (CAN) together with Vladimir Platov (RUS). Stephan Ellenbruch (GER), athletes’ instance Max KĎ‹hner (GER) together with Deputy Chair Marco FustĂ© (ESP) were non involved inwards the conclusion making procedure due to a potential conflict of interest.
The three-strong panel of Madden, Allison together with Platov clarified that the intention of the rules was to forestall teams from non showing upward at a given event. They thus signed off on the lastly decision, ruling that the German linguistic communication squad had met its commitment according to the rules past times bringing a sum squad to the Swiss effect alongside the clear intention of participating. German linguistic communication Chef d’Equipe Otto Becker attended the Chefs d’Equipe meetings, declared the German linguistic communication squad for the Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup Jumping Competition together with took run inwards the draw, at which the German linguistic communication squad was selected to boundary second.
Less than an threescore minutes earlier the origin of the Nations Cup, Becker informed the Organising Committee that the German linguistic communication squad had no alternative only to withdraw from the contest every bit the owners would non allow their horses to boundary due to the atmospheric condition conditions.
“The German linguistic communication National Federation respected its commitment past times sending a squad to accept run inwards St Gallen together with acted inwards proficient organized religious belief alongside abide by to that obligation,” John Madden said, “but the Equus caballus owners did non desire their horses to boundary due to the conditions. Neither the German linguistic communication National Federation nor the FEI has the correct or the authorization to teach owners on what they must produce alongside their horses at an event.
“It would non live inwards the spirit of fair play to sanction the German linguistic communication National Federation because of a conclusion beyond its control, thus the Jumping Committee has ruled that Federal Republic of Federal Republic of Germany volition live eligible to collect points at its 3 remaining qualifying competitions at Rotterdam, Aachen together with Hickstead inwards an endeavour to assay to qualify for the 2013 Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup Final.”
The German linguistic communication squad volition non live awarded whatsoever points from St Gallen together with a farther asking from the German linguistic communication National Federation for a wild carte du jour for the lastly inwards Barcelona was turned down.
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