Germans hot favourites for European Eventing Champs
The smart coin is on Michael Jung to defend his European Eventing Championship title inwards Sweden inwards but nether 2 week’s time, but he volition non select the famous Sam to help.
The High German World, European together with Olympic champion volition live on riding his nine-year-old Halunke, as La Biosthetique Sam is sidelined. Halunke is already a dual winner at CIC3* grade this year, but has large shoes to fill.
The Germans are widely expected to hold winning momentum when they brand the curt journeying across the Baltic Sea to the seaside resort of Malmö on the southernmost tip of Sweden afterward this month.
Germany scooped the private medals inwards 2011, with Michael Jung together with La Biosthetique Sam, gold; Sandra Auffarth together with Opgun Louvo, silver; together with Frank Ostholt together with Little Paint, bronze. The squad of Jung, Auffarth, Ingrid Klimke together with Andreas Dibowski also won gold, but this fourth dimension but about the squad is probable to select a novel look, equally Auffarth is also an absentee.
A sum of 17 nations select declared riders for the Championships inwards Malmö, from August 29 to September 1, together with the 2013 Championships are edifice upwardly to live on every fleck equally fascinating a challenger equally the in conclusion thirty runnings.
It is lx years since the laid out European Eventing Championships took place, at Badminton inwards 1953, together with the biennial challenger has proved a showcase for some of the sport’s close legendary riders together with horses.
As good equally Jung, at that spot are 4 other onetime European champions entered: Bettina Hoy (GER) (1997); Pippa Funnell (GBR) (1999 together with 2001); Nicolas Touzaint (FRA) (2003 together with 2007) together with Kristina Cook (2009).
For the 2013 running, xiii nations select entered teams of 3 or 4 riders: Belgium, Belarus, France, Great Britain, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Switzerland, Kingdom of Spain together with Sweden, spell Austria, Czech Republic, Kingdom of Denmark together with Republic of Finland volition live on represented past times private riders.
Great U.K. is the close successful province inwards the history of the Europeans, but their winning run ended inwards 2011 at the hands of the Germans together with they volition live on without squad stalwart Mary King, equally good equally the 2005 European champion Zara Phillips who is expecting a baby.
Britain, therefore, fields an intriguing mix of sense together with youth. William Fox-Pitt, Kristina Cook together with Pippa Funnell, who select to a greater extent than than 20 European Championship appearances together with numerous squad golden medals betwixt them, are joined past times Lucy Wiegersma, Izzy Taylor together with Tom McEwen, who competed inwards Malmö in conclusion yr at the FEI Young Rider Eventing European Championships.
The Swedes, who in conclusion won European squad golden just 20 years agone inwards Achselschwang (GER), are carrying the hopes of what volition live on a supportive together with knowledgeable domicile audience. As host nation, they tin plain 12 riders, together with they volition live on hoping that Olympic silvery medallists Sara Algotsson-Ostholt together with Wega tin Pb them to victory on domicile ground.
They volition select the ever influential produce goodness of beingness on domicile ground, particularly equally Malmö, amongst its background of body of body of water together with metropolis architecture – the famous Twisting Torso edifice – is 1 of the to a greater extent than compact together with odd entitle venues, together with invariably provides a non bad atmosphere of Swedish hospitality.
“It’s a really special place,” says cross-country course of written report designer Rüdiger Schwarz (GER). “The Swedish course-builders select done a fantastic labor inwards bringing the body of body of water elements into the obstacles, which they select built from scratch.
“Spectators volition select the adventure to view Equus caballus together with passenger combinations 4 times during their rounds, due to the looping layout and, inwards some areas, against a backdrop of the sea. It’s going to live on a stunning twenty-four lx minutes menstruum for everyone there, equally good equally for those watching on television.”
Show managing director Viveca Byhr Lindén was looking frontwards to seeing a year’s worth of planning come upwardly to fruition. “This is such a beautiful house together with nosotros are proud together with honoured to live on able to demonstrate it to the residue of Europe.”
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