30 equestrians for Nanjing Youth Olympic Games

With the Opening Ceremony of the 2014 Youth Olympic Games inwards Nanjing on Saturday, the FEI has launched a dedicated blog to written report alive from i of the world’s nearly exciting international sports competitions for immature athletes. 

The FEI Youth Olympic Games blog volition characteristic news, images, athlete interviews, quotes, contest results, facts as well as figures, as well as loads of information inwards existent time. Each of the equestrian athletes volition endure profiled on a dedicated page listing their sporting achievements as well as dreams.

The spider web log volition go behind the scenes of the event, from August sixteen to 28. There are thirty athletes from thirty nations competing inwards the Jumping competitions, i of 28 sports at this 2nd edition of the summertime Youth Olympic Games, which are held every 4 years.

Among the athletes, Michael Duffy (IRL) started competing at vii years of historic menstruation as well as dreams of becoming basis order out one. Fan of swell Irish Gaelic hero Eddie Macken, Duffy competed at his kickoff senior Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup inwards Odense, Denmark, this twelvemonth as well as finished 4th inwards the CSIO3* Grand Prix of Maubeuge inwards France. He has his eyes firmly assault the futurity as well as hopes to stand upward for Republic of Ireland at the Olympic Games.

Hong Kong Olympian Samantha Lam is the Equestrian Athlete Role Model at the 2014 Youth Olympic Games.

“The Youth Olympic Games are a fantastic chance for our younger generation of athletes to larn a gustation for the Olympic Games, encounter athletes from unlike cultures as well as to actually sense the truthful essence of sport as well as sportsmanship,” Lam said.

“Equestrian sport volition endure extra special inwards Nanjing, exactly because our athletes volition endure competing for medals on borrowed horses, making this already unique sport fifty-fifty to a greater extent than unique. The squad format for equestrian at YOG is likewise real exciting with i passenger from every continent forming a team, didactics our immature athletes the vital sporting as well as life skills of working together for a mutual goal.”

Equestrian is likewise the exclusively Olympic sport inwards which men as well as women compete on equal price for all the medals. And at the YOG 2014 the sex dissever is especially good balanced with fifteen girls as well as fifteen boys registered to compete. The thirty athletes volition struggle for medals inwards the Individual Jumping as well as Team Jumping competitions inwards the Xinzhuang Equestrian Venue from August nineteen to 24.

“The Youth Olympic Games stand upward for an incredible chance for the side past times side generation of Olympic equestrian athletes, as well as Nanjing volition endure a valuable character-building sense that our athletes volition cherish for the repose of their lives,” FEI President Princess Haya said.

“Competing for your province is i of the greatest honours you lot tin accept as well as to produce as well as hence at such a immature age, amongst athletes of all nationalities as well as inside a huge multi-sport event, it’s definitely going to endure an unforgettable as well as life-changing lawsuit for all the participants.

“To all the riders, may your sense over the coming days endure a stepping rock on the route to a long as well as enjoyable career inwards the sport as well as may your families, friends as well as supporters relish every minute of the journey.”

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