Tokyo Olympics 2020

iamtheoneneo said:
It didn't refuse to move, it cleared early hurdles fine then she messed up and it was all over.
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If she was the only one to have problems with the horse I'd be more inclined to blame her, but given basically the same thing happened to Gulnaz earlier it does seem likely that either the horse was just having a bad day / uncooperative or the earlier rider spooked it and it was still anxious by the time Annika got the horse.

On the discovery+ program gulnaz is riding from about 3:44 onwards. Annika from 4:32:45

No one seems to know why Annika didn't take the reserve horse though, given the problems...

That being said I'm not a horse rider so if someone else is a rider and thinks it wasn't just the horse / gulnaz then I'll take their word for it.
 
They said on the BBC highlights program yesterday the reserve horses are reserve for a reason, guess they're missing a leg or something.

Punching the horse is sick though, that woman needs to be permanently banned from being around horses.
 
Psycho Ned said:
The Germans coach has been kicked out of the games for punching the horse before they came into the ring!
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Pigeon_Killer said:
Punching the horse is sick though, that woman needs to be permanently banned from being around horses.
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Have either of you seen the "punch". Its pathetic. Calling it a punch is a joke. I think the coach was just frustrated and literally tapped the horse. If you did what she did to a baby I don't think they would notice let alone a massive horse.

They make horses race, dance and jump and they hit them with whips and dig their heels into them. Just another example of a world gone mad.
 
fez said:
Have either of you seen the "punch". Its pathetic. Calling it a punch is a joke. I think the coach was just frustrated and literally tapped the horse. If you did what she did to a baby I don't think they would notice let alone a massive horse.

They make horses race, dance and jump and they hit them with whips and dig their heels into them. Just another example of a world gone mad.
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Went and had a look for that, total farce to call that a punch.

That horse should have been taken out and shot. :D
 
ColdAsIce said:
Shouldn't even part of the Olympics if it is purely down to luck what horse you get allocated. How is there any skill in that?
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Massive skill in calming the horse and getting it's confidence to obey your commands, within 20 minutes of first meeting.

Far more skillfull than using a horse you have been around for months /years, and who obeys without a second thought.


Going to be even more difficult in Paris 2024, the whole Modern Pentathlon event (all 5 disciplines) will be condensed to 90 minutes long in total, not a whole day.
 
Entai said:
Massive skill in calming the horse and getting it's confidence to obey your commands, within 20 minutes of first meeting.

Far more skillfull than using a horse you have been around for months /years, and who obeys without a second thought.


Going to be even more difficult in Paris 2024, the whole Modern Pentathlon event (all 5 disciplines) will be condensed to 90 minutes long in total, not a whole day.
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I think it's pretty disgusting that lame horses / horses with issues that make them unfit for any other true competition can be thrown into an Olympic setting and expected to perform these jumps with a stranger, with only 20 minutes of contact time. I truly wonder just how much a "skill" this is for the rider.
 
ColdAsIce said:
I think it's pretty disgusting that lame horses / horses with issues that make them unfit for any other true competition can be thrown into an Olympic setting and expected to perform these jumps with a stranger, with only 20 minutes of contact time. I truly wonder just how much a "skill" this is for the rider.
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She did have the option of picking a reserve horse after seeing how that one acted with the other athlete and didn't take it
 
Hotwired said:
Because you get on the largest stage in the world representing your country and you have enough awareness that what you do there results in imitators.

Taking off your medal during the winners anthem requires effort and is clearly disrespectful. All you have to do is nothing for a great improvement while having the selflessness to congratulate the winner with no drama is probably the best image you can present.

Also UK Sport who dishes out best part of half a bil between games will bin you if you can't see it that way since their entire purpose is to sponsor positive sporting role models.
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No, their entire purpose is to sponsor athletes with the greatest likelihood of being successful. If this was about role models and participation, rowing (c70k regular participants a week and falling) would not be getting £20m in funding for an Olympic cycle. Similarly, I’ve seen first hand how track/road cycling participation has fallen off a cliff because of decisions by British Cycling despite the masses of funding it’s received since 2004.

Read their strategic plan, it literally says “winning and being competitive at the highest level remains the priority”. The rest of their strategy is totally contingent on winning things as a vehicle to inspire people.
 
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