Switzerland Dominates Second Exam of Olympic Show Jumping: Guerdat Secures 3rd Place

2023-09-01 16:34:30
After second of three exams has with Germany (9.31 penalty points), Sweden (9.51), Switzerland (9.92) and Ireland (10.00) a quartet dropped.

Switzerland, as the defending champion, is not only fighting for gold in Friday’s dealings with four riders and a discarded result, but also once morest Denmark, Austria, Italy, Portugal and Spain one of three Olympic tickets. In this respect, Michel Sorg’s team is comfortably in the running: Austria (16.77) is more than one drop behind, Italy (18.42) and Spain (21.59) more than two.

The best ride of the Swiss team was shown on Thursday Steve Guerdat. The Jurassic cleared once more on Dynamix and was covered 3rd intermediate place in the individual classification behind the Swede Jens Fredricson and the German Philipp Weishaupt.

After the handling on Friday, the team evaluation will be completed. The top quartet is so close together that just one time violation error (1 penalty point) can mean the difference between 1st and 4th place. The European champion in singles will be determined on Sunday following rounds four and five. (nih/sda)

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