Europe wins team jumping gold at Youth Olympics
Team Europe rounded off ii days of superb jumping amongst a Gold medal at the Youth Olympic Games inward Nanjing on Wednesday, retaining the championship won yesteryear the region in 2010.
The team, comprising Great Britain’s Jake Saywell, Italy’s Matias Alvaro, Ireland’s Michael Duffy, Sweden’s Filip Agren in addition to Lisa Nooren of The Netherlands, grade inward impressive performances over the ii days of the squad competition, to complete run yesteryear of the leaderboard amongst a amount of cypher penalties.
Finishing unopen behind for the Silver medal were the squad from South America, whilst North America took the Bronze. Africa was fourth, amongst Australasia 5th in addition to Asia inward 6th place. In amount 6 double clears were recorded during the competition, 3 of those coming from European riders.
Jake Saywell, a fellow member of the U.K. Sport National Lottery funded World Class Development Programme said; “It was a lot amend minute fourth dimension around, the Equus caballus jumped super actually. We were a piffling fleck unlucky at the concluding fence, he simply tired a fleck in addition to he is a large Equus caballus in addition to it is quite humid.
“Just to survive hither is a smashing award in addition to makes me experience rattling privileged but to instruct a medal is fantastic. And winning the golden is particular in addition to it tees me upwards good for the private contest now.”
All of the teams competed on borrowed horses that were provided yesteryear the organisers in addition to allocated yesteryear lot.
The private jumping contest gets nether means on Saturday.
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