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04
May 2004
OLYMPIC
GAMES QUALIFICATION NOW CLOSED |
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The Swiss Marcus Fuchs
maintained his 3rd position. With his 3rd place at the FEI World Cup
Final in Milan where he won the first competition and his good results
in Göteborg, Marcus Fuchs is back to top form. Beezie Madden-Patton (USA) went up two places to grab the 4th rank, thanks to her excellent results in Charlotte and Tampa (USA) where she finished 2nd of the Grand Prix. The best lady rider is even becoming a threat for the Top 3, as they will all drop a number of points at the end of the month (330 for Fuchs, 305 for Beerbaum and 235 for Ehning) whereas she has none to drop from May 2003. Good progression
also from Robert Smith (GBR) who went up from 17th to 14th place. He
earned 200 points during the month at CSI 4* Shefield and in Göteborg.
The World Cup Champion Bruno Broucqusault (FRA) progressed from 42nd to
24th place in two months. There will be no less than 123 riders, 300 horses, 18 nations and five continents in La Baule celebrating the new François André stadium and demonstrating the global reach of equestrian sport at the highest level. The five continents
will be represented by 67 riders from 15 nations in Jumping, and 56 The inauguration of the renovated François André stadium will take place on Thursday, 6 May. The best riders in the world have confirmed their participation including the leader of the FEI Gandini World Riders Rankings Ludger Beerbaum. La Baule’s website www.labaule-cheval.com in association with Jumping Vidéo and Paris Web Cube, will give web surfers equipped with an ADSL (high speed) connection the opportunity to follow live all the competitions of the event including the Derby, Grand Prix and Samsung Super League*. This service will cost 15 Euros for live, or 18 Euros delayed, per competition). * For rights reasons, the Samsung Super League will only be available live to visitors having an IP address in France, and on 15 may to IP outside of France. FEI BCM
WORLD DRESSAGE RIDERS RANKINGS With a total of score of 79.762, Ulla Salzgeber (GER) is leading the FEI BCM World Dressage Riders Rankings including events starting from 1 May 2003 to 30 April 2004. She is followed by American rider Debbie McDonald with 77.852. The 2004 World Cup Champion Anky Van Grunsven is back to the top and has progressed from 6th to 3rd place. With 9 year old Gestion Salinero, Anky had achieved a spectacular score of 83.45% in the Freestyle to Music (Kür) of the FEI World Cup Final early April. Heike Kemmer is now 4th with 76.919. She scored 78.65% in the Düsseldorf Final to finish 4th.
DRESSAGE FORUM IN
SAO PAULO
(BRA) The Forum will
include the following themes: FEI EVENTING
RIDERS WORLD RANKINGS Kimberly Severson (USA) is leading the FEI Eventing Riders World Rankings with 294 points thanks to her victory in Rolex Kentucky CCI 4* in Lexington. She also earned points in CCI 3* in Atlanta, where she placed 2nd, 4th and 6th. The winner of this year’s Badminton CCI 4* William Fox-Pitt (GBR) is second with 279 points, followed by Srah Cutteridge (GBR) who achieved a 8th and 10th place in Badminton as well as a 12th place in Lexington. Equal 4th are David O’Connor (USA) and Lourenco Vieira da Silva (BRA) with 149 points. 136 riders obtained
points for the FEI Eventing Riders World Rankings from 1st January 2004
until today.
EUROSPORT: “MISSION TO
ATHENS” FEATURING PIPPA FUNNELL
Pippa Funnell has been involved with horses all her life and is a major name in Eventing since her teens after winning the individual European title in 1987. She is the first rider to win the Eventing's Grand Slam after winning the Kentucky, Badminton and Burghley Horse Trials last year. Each week a journalist follows Pippa during practice, taking care of her horses and competing. Recently we watched Pippa winning at "Fontainebleau" event and last week-end followed her at Badminton Horse Trials. Don't miss the "inside story" of training for the Olympics on Mission to Athens, Tuesday and Saturday on Eurosport. A special M2A
section was created on Eurosport website, where web surfers can find
more information concerning the programme, such as athlete’s diary and
message boards where visitors can leave encouragements and questions to
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NEWS FROM
SLOVAKIA:
First CDI to be organised in Topolcianky On 1 May, Slovakia, together with 9 other European countries joined the European Union and on 5-6 June the first CDI*will take place in Slovakia. The host of this event is the National stud farm in Topoľčianky. In its recently renovated historical premises, the traditional breed of Lipizzaner, Arabian, Hucul and sports warmblood horses will certainly find convenient competition conditions, with its brand new footing and box stables. Thanks to the support of the FEI Development fund, the event will be judged by an international jury. The organisers from the Topoľčianky stud and the Slovak Equestrian Federation would like to warmly invite all competitors interested in this new but attractive event.
UNITED EQUESTRIAN ATHLETES ASSOCIATION ANNOUNCED The board of the
Association is composed of the following members: The association is aimed at promoting exchanges between their rider members as well as discussing subjects of common interest among the Olympic disciplines. The ultimate goal of the association is to have one rider on the IOC Athletes Commission. IN MEMORIAM Jean Zlatiev (FRA), eminent member of the Judicial Committee since 1996, passed away last 28 April 2004. |
