WEG vaulting: Will French flair be to the fore?
Baca Juga
France is expected to bag the demo when the vaulting contest of the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games 2014 gets nether way in the Zenith Indoor Arena inwards Caen, French Republic on September 2.
In the inwards a higher house video Nicolas Andreani refers to 4 judges. This is the format for national competitions, simply at the Games 2014 in that place volition live eight.
When the host nation’s manful someone vaulting super-stars, World as well as FEI World Cup Champion Nicolas Andreani, as well as European champion Jacques Ferarri, performed inwards Bordeaux before this year, the domicile crowd went wild. And alongside Andreani past times his ain admission nearing the halt of his career, the Zenith Stadium may render the ideal venue for his lastly curtain-call.
A calendar week of firsts as well as tape entries
There is a smashing bargain of excitement nearly the many “firsts” attached to the Vaulting dependent plain at the 2014 Games.
The Pas-de-Deux, thus successfully introduced into the 2013/2014 season’s FEI World Cup Vaulting series, volition brand its Games debut; New Zealand sends a squad for the really commencement time; Lambert Leclezio (MRI), who received back upward from FEI Solidarity, is representing his country, Mauritius, for the commencement fourth dimension at World Championship level; as well as South Africa’s Bongani Mvumvu, competing inwards his minute Games, also benefited from an FEI Solidarity Scholarship.
The dependent plain of Vaulting, which involves gymnastic exercises on horseback as well as which is a huge striking alongside the public, has, similar thus many of the other FEI sports, attracted a significantly increased entry for this edition of the Games.
A total of 179 athletes from 22 countries volition line up compared to the previous tape set out of 149 athletes from 17 countries laid at the lastly Games inwards Kentucky 4 years ago. There volition live 17 nations represented past times squads of six vaulters, 35 Female Individuals as well as xviii Male Individuals along alongside 12 partnerships competing inwards the pop novel Pas-de Deux.
There volition live 4 carve upward sets of medals, for the Squad (Team) competition, Female Individual, Male Individual as well as Pas-de-Deux. The lunger who keeps the Equus caballus cantering inwards a rhythmical measurement that supports the artistic efforts of the athletes equally they perform their floor-plans is a commutation histrion inwards this demanding sport as well as also receives a medal along alongside the vaulters.
The programme
It’s going to live a busy week, starting alongside the Compulsory Tests on Tuesday September 2, Freestyle tests on Midweek 3rd, Technical Tests as well as the commencement Freestyle Pas-de-Deux on Th quaternary as well as the drama-filled Finals for all 4 events taking house on Friday, September 5.
British vaulter Joanne Eccles volition live bidding for her minute consecutive gilded medal inwards the Female Individual Championship, simply tin await a rigid challenge from Italy’s Anna Cavallaro who successfully defended her FEI World Cup Vaulting championship this year.
Eccles volition also bring together her sister, Hannah, inwards the Pas-de-Deux challenge, where the Austrian duo of Jasmin Lindner as well as Lukas Wacha may evidence difficult to beat. The history-making Austrians are a polished pair, having previously clinched the 2012 FEI World Vaulting Championship championship inwards Le Mans (FRA) before storming to victory at the FEI European Vaulting Championships 2013 inwards Ebreichsdorf (AUT). Performing to Heart’s a Mess by Gotye alongside lunger Klaus Haidacher at Bordeaux this year, they received the maximum 10 points from High German approximate Jochen Schilffarth inwards the commencement round, leading to a stunning lastly grade of 8,783 points, as well as if they tin correspond that functioning side past times side calendar week as well as thus they may good live untouchable.
Germany’s Pia Engelberty as well as Torben Jacobs, bronze medalists at lastly year’s FEI European Vaulting Championships, finished minute piece Stefanie Millinger as well as Evelyn Freund from Salzburg (AUT) completed the piece of job past times 3 at the Bordeaux fixture, as well as all volition live dorsum inwards activeness as well as hoping to the plow the tables when the exciting Pas-de-Deux gets nether means inwards Caen.
Andreani, alongside his Equus caballus Quiece d’Aunis as well as lunger Marina Dupon Joosten scored a massive 8,826 to win the FEI World Cup Male Vaulting Final at Bordeaux where his French colleague, Ferrari finished minute ahead of Switzerland’s Lukas Heppler.
Andreani is something of a “rock star” inwards the sport, as well as should he evidence successful inwards his bid for Male Individual gilded as well as thus the roof of the Zenith Stadium may good become into scope equally the crowd volition definitely non live belongings dorsum on their emotions for both their sport as well as their domicile hero.
The scoop
- 179 athletes from 22 countries – previous tape was 149 athletes from 17 countries.
- 17 nations represented past times squads of 6 vaulters.
- 4 competitions – Squad, Female Individual, Male Individual as well as Pas de Deux.
- 4 sets of medals, as well as the lunger also receives a medal along alongside the vaulters.
- 12 piece of job past times teams qualify for the Freestyle Final.
- 35 Female Individuals; xviii Male Individuals.
- Both manful someone as well as woman someone competitions laid about alongside a Compulsory cast which is followed on the side past times side twenty-four hours past times a Freestyle.
- 15 piece of job past times vaulters as well as thus become into circular ii which consists of a Technical exam which is followed on the side past times side twenty-four hours past times a Freestyle Final.
- 12 Pas-de-Deux partnerships.
- Officials
- Team USA volition defend the Team title, having clinched gilded on domicile Earth inwards Kentucky inwards 2010 where Deutschland took silverish as well as Republic of Austria clinched the bronze.
- The Male Individual medals inwards 2010 went to Switzerland’s Patric Looser (gold), Germany’s Kai Voberg (silver) as well as Nicolas Andreani from French Republic (bronze).
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