Italian rider causes upset in para-dressage competition
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The shape mass was turned on its caput on the minute twenty-four hr menstruation of the inaugural off circular of squad tests inward the Para-Equestrian Dressage competition at this year’s Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games, writes Rob Howell.
In a thrilling decision to the Grade Ia squad competition, Singapore’s Laurentia Tan pushed ahead of the dominant multi-Paralympic as well as globe gilded medallist Sophie Christiansen from Great Britain. That was drama enough, but as well as so Italy’s Sara Morganti, i of the final riders to locomote inward the arena, went i footstep further, edging out Tan to the overstep spot as well as moving Christiansen to tertiary as the test, as well as the day’s competition, came to an end.
Morganti, riding Royal Delight, scored 75.783% to Tan’s 74.552% on Ruben James 2, as well as Christiansen’s 74.261% on Janeiro 6.
An overwhelmed Morganti said: “I can’t believe it. It was my dream to come upward first, but Laurentia as well as Sophie are such proficient riders that I didn’t intend I could. But I worked really difficult as well as I’m merely so, so happy.
“My Equus caballus inward London 2012 was the youngest Equus caballus inward the Games as well as instantly she is a piddling fleck older as well as nosotros convey worked a lot alongside my personal trainer as well as the squad trainer. There are a lot of people unopen to a Paralympics passenger as well as I’m really lucky. I idea I would never come upward inaugural off earlier Sophie. It is because I admire her as well as Laurentia so much that for me this is so precious.”
Tan was every bit excited at having gone into the lead. Speaking after her ride she said: “Just wow. It’s unbelievable, a actually proficient result. It was a really polish ride as well as I felt I had a really proficient connector alongside Reuben patch I was out there. Now though it’s merely a illustration of taking it footstep yesteryear footstep as well as seeing what happens each twenty-four hr menstruation as well as taking it i twenty-four hr menstruation at a time.”
Christiansen admitted existence disappointed yesteryear the day’s events but remained philosophical. She said: “I haven’t lost whatsoever exam since London 2012, so it was apparently going to reach i day, but instantly I’m fifty-fifty to a greater extent than fired upward for the residue of the competition. Today he (Janeiro 6) definitely upped it a gear but I ever take away to sentinel my tests earlier I comment on them. Obviously, for me, I tin toilet enjoin yous how it felt, but it’s dissimilar from what the judges see. It could convey been a piddling amend alongside consistency but at to the lowest degree I’ve got something to run on for the residue of the week.”
Grade IV
First into the arena were the Grade IV riders. The win went to Great Britain’s Sophie Wells, riding Valerius, alongside 74.595% ahead of her unopen competition Belgium’s Michèle George, who rode FBW Rainman to score 73.643%. In tertiary house was The Netherlands’ Frank Hosmar on Alphaville N.O.P. alongside 73.167%.
Wells said of her debut ride at these Games: “I was pleased. He went inward as well as listened to me. It’s his biggest competition so far as well as he’s non done much this twelvemonth alongside i affair or another. He got a piddling fleck tense going unopen to the exterior but I reassured him so he came dorsum to me as well as listened to me through the test. We’ve been working on dissimilar areas similar the walks as well as the stop as well as those things improved as well as peradventure I tin toilet ready on them.”
The squad competition has extra resonance this twelvemonth as the overstep 3 nations secure their squad places at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Speaking of Team GB’s chances, Wells added: “We’re hopeful. We’ve got a fair amount of delineate per unit of measurement area on us, but Lee got 77 yesterday as well as I merely got 74 so that puts us inward a proficient position.”
Belgium’s George comes to these Games as a double London 2012 gilded medallist as well as a runner upward from the final Games inward Kentucky inward 2010. She said: “I am really happy for the inaugural off twenty-four hr menstruation because I was trying to pose my Equus caballus safely inward the arena as well as that is what I did, to give him confidence as well as to abide by the arena as well as how he reacts to the crowd. I am really happy, as well as I know what to run on. The atmosphere is great, as well as it was a joy to ride here.”
The Netherlands squad has stated publicly that its aim inward the squad competition is to medal as well as qualify for Rio. Talking close his ride as well as business office inward that endeavor Hosmar said: “It felt actually good. He was actually alongside me, so it was a compassion alongside the final transition but, other than that, I was fairly satisfied. It must larn amend because I desire to win.”
Grade II
The Grade II squad exam win went to Great Britain’s reigning Paralympic as well as European champion Natasha Baker on Cabral, alongside a score of 73.647%. She was ahead of Rixt van der Horst of The Netherlands, who picked upward a valuable 72.618% on her Equus caballus Uniek, ahead of Canada’s Beijing 2008 Paralympic gilded as well as silvery medallist, Lauren Barwick, riding Off to Paris as well as scoring 70.176%.
Baker said of her test: “He warmed upward actually good as well as I was actually pleased alongside him. I in all probability allowed a piddling as good much warm-up so I knew I was going to convey to run difficult inward the test.
“He went inward at that spot as well as he institute liberate energy from nowhere as he usually does going unopen to the outside, but as presently as I went downwards that centre trouble I knew that he was totally alongside me as well as listening as well as he was a actually proficient boy. I wanted a proficient security exam as well as inward ii days fourth dimension I tin toilet motion upward a gear as well as become for that piddling fleck more.”
Van der Host added of her performance: “I am really pleased close the test. I was really nervous because it is my inaugural off international entitle but he was relaxed as well as I was relaxed. In the get-go he was a fleck nervous but afterwards inward the exam he was much better.”
And Canada’s Barwick was clearly delighted alongside her performance. “That was electric!” she enthused. “It was a piddling fleck challenging because the cameras weren’t at that spot when nosotros trained as well as they are large as well as dark so correct when the Equus caballus went into the arena at that spot was something novel which was a fleck of a spook. But she settled for me nicely as well as came dorsum actually well. I ever ride for today as well as develop for tomorrow so I intend that laid her upward for the residue of the week. Mostly I ride these ii tests to gear upward for the freestyle as that’s where nosotros excel.”
Team competition at halfway stage
The destination of the inaugural off ii days of the Games grade the halfway indicate of the squad competition. Great U.K. currently leads alongside 226.816 points ahead of Holland on 217.838 as well as Federal Republic of Federal Republic of Germany on 216.697.
Wednesday marks the build-up to squad medals on Thursday, 28 August as well as the inaugural off Rio spots for Para-Equestrian Dressage. Individual medals inward Grade III as well as Grade Ib volition hold upward contested, followed yesteryear Grade IV, Grade II as well as Grade Ia on Thursday.
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