TOKYO, July 31, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --
Olympic leaderboard gets a shake-up before Eventing Cross
Country
by Louise Parkes
The leaderboard began to look a bit more familiar after the
final session of Eventing dressage at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Baji Koen today. Great
Britain remains at the head of affairs, but it is now Team
Germany that sits second ahead of New
Zealand in third, while the host nation of Japan continues to shine in fourth place going
into tomorrow's cross country phase.
An amazing score of 21.10 from defending double-champion,
Michael Jung, lifted Germany from overnight fifth to just over two
points behind the British leaders, whose position at the top of the
leaderboard was bolstered by a solid test from Tom McEwen and Toledo de Kerser with a mark of
28.90.
Jung was really pleased with his 13-year-old gelding Chipmunk.
"We had a very good partnership today, everything worked like I
wished. Since the European Championships in 2019, I've had more
time to train with him. We had a long winter to work more and have
had many more competitions this year, so everything is going much
better", he said.
He may not have realised it, but he was being watched by IOC
Member HSH Prince Albert II, who
paid a visit to the Equestrian Park today to watch some Eventing
Dressage, including the start of Jung's Olympic title defence.
After a traditional Japanese tea ceremony in the Olympic Family
Lounge together with fellow IOC Member and FEI President
Ingmar De Vos, the Prince was taken
on a full tour of the venue, including a visit to the stables and
the onsite veterinary clinic.
Dramatic improvement
Meanwhile world number two, Tim
Price, was responsible for the dramatic improvement for Team
New Zealand, who rose from sixth to third. His score of 25.60 with
Vitali puts his side – that includes his wife Jonelle – on a tally
of 86.40, exactly six penalty points behind Germany and just over eight points off pole
position.
Sweden dropped from overnight
second to fifth, but Australia was
another to rise meteorically thanks to a classic ride from the
oldest competitor in Eventing at these Olympic Games. Andrew Hoy (62) and Vassily de Lassos posted
29.60, and all scores below 30 proved highly influential.
As today's dressage phase came to an end, Great Britain's Oliver
Townend was in silver medal position behind Jung who is
chasing down his third consecutive individual gold.
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