Can Michael Jung win eventing gold – again?
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German eventer Michael Jung goes to Normandy every bit the reigning World, Olympic as well as European champion. His steely soundless calm nature is well-known inwards the sport of eventing, as well as he continues to locomote completely focused on this year’s basis title.
“I ever pose pressure level on myself to create well. Going inwards to WEG every bit favourites for squad as well as private gilt does non pose on to a greater extent than pressure.” Jung says.
“If you lot allow yourself to experience pressure level from the exterior as well as then you lot brand mistakes, thus I concentrate on what I direct keep to create as well as pose everything else out of my mind.”
Jung, who is a spokesman for Land Rover, an official sponsor of the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games, volition ride La Biosthetique Sam, who took him to his 2010 World title, the 2012 Olympic gold, as well as 2011 European win. Sam missed the 2013 Europeans through injury, although Jung won it inwards his absence on Halunke. He feels Sam “is every bit skillful every bit before”, as well as has non soundless pushed him on his 4 outings of this year. “He is best for a lot of rest.”
Jung, 32, has been assault this career path since school. “As shortly every bit I got habitation from schoolhouse I used to ride, as well as I left schoolhouse every bit shortly every bit I could,” he said.
He spends an equal sum of fourth dimension on the disciplines of dressage, showjumping as well as eventing. In fact of the 23 horses he has at home, x are eventers, x are showjumpers as well as 3 are specialist dressage horses. Many of them are young. “It is fun learning from horses. Every Equus caballus is different, as well as you lot direct keep to ride them differently. I similar to purchase immature horses of but 3 or 4 years, it as well as then takes five, six, vii years to achieve their best performance. From a immature historic menses I desire the horses to direct keep confidence inwards me.
“I occur developing the human relationship amongst the Equus caballus thus nosotros locomote every bit one. It is vital to laid upward a bond amongst your horse,” he adds. This involves taking them on their ain cross-country course of report i time or twice a week. Here at that spot are over 100 jumps as well as a H2O boundary that is large plenty to lunge in. “This is neat for giving them confidence inwards water, summation it is skillful for their fitness,” Jung says.
His philosophy is all well-nigh developing trust as well as beingness consistent. This is likely why he has ever kept his begetter Joachim every bit his principal trainer. The balance of the squad are also well-established, his woman bring upward Brigitte manages the family’s riding stables as well as the entries. And his caput groom Julia Harsch has worked for the him for many years.
Jung is right away off to squad preparation amongst the balance of the German linguistic communication squad at the weekend earlier the Games offset inwards Normandy, France, on August 23.
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