08/06/2021 11:07
Clarín.com
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Updated 08/06/2021 11:07
In the Tokyo Equestrian Park, this Saturday at 7 there will be an Argentine presence.
In a great performance, Fabián Sejanes, Martín Dopazo and Matías Albarracín together with Emir, Quintino 9 and Cannavaro 9, their horses, qualified for the final of the team jumping event at the Olympic Games.
The Argentine riders finished tenth with a time of 265.44 and 27 penalty points, thus taking the last place in a round that was dominated by the Swedish team, who completed their work in a time of 239.57 and without penalties.
After the performances of Sejanes and Dopazo, with 7 and 14 penalties each, respectively, it was the turn of Albarracín, who five years ago obtained an Olympic diploma in Rio 2016 and this time prioritized the team event to preserve the health of a horse with many years of competition at the highest level.
Matias Albarracin and Cannavaro 9. Photo: EFE
His performance, with six penalties, allowed to round off a score in which Argentina left Egypt out of the classification, which closed it with a time of 248.90 but two penalties more than the Argentine team and an appeal that was rejected by the judges.
The Africans felt that their rivals for that last place in the final standings had committed an unaccounted penalty on one of their jumps and hoped they could reverse the final score on the desk.
However,
the complaint was unsuccessful and Argentina advanced with the world powers.
In the final, in addition to the three national pairs, there will be teams from Sweden, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, the United States, France, Great Britain, Brazil and the Netherlands.
Sweden confirmed the good prospects of its riders with first place, ahead of Belgium and Germany.
Henrik von Eckermann, with 'King Edward, Malin Baryard-Johnson, with Indiana, and Peder Fredricson, with All In, were
the only team that finished without penalty
and a time of 239.57.
The trio will try to win Sweden their first medal in this competition since Athens 2004.
Peder Fredricson, from Sweden, in action.
Photo: EFE
Following the Swedes, winners of the 2018 World Equestrian Games, were Belgium and Germany, with four penalty points and times of 253.09 and 254.79, respectively.
Jerome Guery, with Quel Homme de Hus, was the one who committed the demolition for the Belgian team, and Maurice Tebbel, with Don Diarado, for the German.
Switzerland finished fourth with ten points, just ahead of the United States, which accumulated thirteen, and
France, the defender of the Olympic title obtained in Rio 2016
, which added fifteen.
The qualifiers were completed by Great Britain, with individual Olympic champion Ben Maher, Brazil and the Netherlands, seventh with 20, eighth with 25 and ninth with 26, respectively.
The British try to recover the gold that they could not obtain in Rio with the morale of the victory of Maher, who made a '4', like Holly Smith, while Maikel van der Vleuten, bronze in individual with Beauville Z, He was not so fine, he penalized with eight points, but he will try to lead his team in search of a title that the Netherlands has not achieved since Barcelona 1992.
With information from EFE
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