Very bitter scenes at the Olympics: The German pentathlete Annika Schleu is on the gold course before riding - but then suddenly her horse bucks.
Tokyo - German tears on Saint Boy's back: pentathlete Annika Schleu (Berlin) has to bury her dream of a medal at the Olympic Games after a completely unsuccessful riding.
The Olympic fourth in Rio, who was on the gold course, remained without points on Friday and fell from first to 31st place with 551 points before the final laser run.
Schleu and Beijing Olympic champion Lena Schöneborn in the stands burst into tears.
Sports soldier Schleu had tackled riding with a margin of 24 points over ROC athlete Juliana Bataschowa.
On the back of Saint Boy, on which Bataschowa's compatriot Gulnas Gubaidullina had already remained without points before Schleu, nothing went on.
Olympia: Drama about German pentathlete and horse - national trainer calls out "Hit it right"
Schleu only managed to get the horse drawn for her onto the course with great difficulty.
There Saint Boy refused several times.
“Go on, go on,” said national coach Kim Raisner - it was of no use.
On TV you could also hear Raisner shouting to her protégé twice: “Hit it right!” Many viewers were outraged by this shout - a wave of horrified news was triggered on Twitter.
“It's not possible how cruelty to animals is presented so socially here,” writes one user.
Countless others agree.
“The trainer should be fired,” writes another viewer.
Olympic tragedy: pentathlete Annika Schleu has to bury her medal
Beijing Olympic champion Lena Schönborn was shocked by the incident. “Nobody can empathize better than me. It's one-to-one the situation I had in Rio, "said Schöneborn, who lost her chance to win a medal on the back of" Legende "in Brazil in 2016, on ARD:" It's the worst case that has now occurred is. With all the other scores, something else could have happened if Annika couldn't have taken a medal. That is very shocking. "
Schleu started the competition brilliantly on Thursday with 29 wins in 35 fencing duels. “I've never had that in my life. Somehow everything worked out today, ”she said afterwards on ARD. In Friday's bonus fencing at Tokyo Stadium, she lost her duel against South Korean Kim Sehee. She had previously struck 24th after 2: 16.99 minutes in the 200 m freestyle swim, but maintained her lead. Then the equestrian drama followed.
(epp / SID)