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HI Tokyo Olympics Daily Update: Show Jumping Individual Competition Qualifies 30 Riders

August 4, 2021

On Tuesday, August 3, show jumpers from 34 nations took their turns around the first course of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games―the individual qualifying round. This year the Olympic rules have changed in several ways. First, there will only be teams of three horse-and-rider combinations, not four with a drop...

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U.S. Jumping Team Athletes Turn Focus to Team Qualifying Competition Following Individual Qualifier at Tokyo 2020

August 3, 2021

The U.S. Jumping Team fielded the maximum of three athlete-and-horse combinations in the Jumping Individual Qualifier at the Equestrian Park in Tokyo, Japan, with the three combinations narrowly missing the cut for a return for the Individual Final tomorrow evening, and all focus shifting to preparations for the Jumping Team...

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HI Tokyo Olympics Daily Update: Eventing Concludes As Jumpers Move In

August 3, 2021

The 2020 Tokyo Olympics eventing wrapped up yesterday with the “thrill of victory and the agony of defeat” one would expect from Olympic competition. The conclusion saw the rise of some new faces and the staying power of old hats, too. In the end, the British Team of Oliver Townend...

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HI Tokyo Olympics Daily Update: Eventing Ends With Team and Individual Medals Awarded

August 2, 2021

Great Britain’s Victory Lap The team from Great Britain of (l-r) Oliver Townend aboard Ballaghmor Class, Laura Collett aboard London 52, and Tom McEwen aboard Toledo de Kerser captured team gold medals after several grueling days of eventing competition at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020. Team Gold for Great Britain...

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U.S. Eventing Team Finishes in Sixth Place at Conclusion of Team Competition at Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 with All Three Combinations in the Top 25 Individually

August 2, 2021

The US Eventing Team finished in sixth place out of 14 nations on the final day of competition with show jumping at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 and ended the competition with a team total of 125.80 faults. Doug Payne and Vandiver added four jumping faults to their overall score...

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HI Tokyo Olympics Daily Update: Team USA Moves Up After Eventing Cross-Country Phase

August 1, 2021

Enjoy our eventing cross-country photo gallery from the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 with leading rider after cross-country Oliver Townend, and Team USA’s Boyd Martin, Phillip Dutton, and Doug Payne. Oliver Townend and Ballaghmor Class (GBR) Olliver Townend and Ballaghmor Class of Great Britain lead on a score of 23.60 after...

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U.S. Eventing Team Delivers Three Strong Cross-Country Rounds to Improve Team Standing Ahead of Final Phase

August 1, 2021

The US Eventing Team made strong work of Derek Di Grazia’s cross-country track at Sea Forest Cross Country Course in the middle of Tokyo Bay, with all three combinations crossing through the finish line with no jumping penalties. Doug Payne and Vandiver led off the team as the third combination...

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Tokyo Takeaways #2: U.S. Dressage Takes Team Silver, Dujardin Makes Olympic History, First Look At The Cross-Country Course, How Heat Is Affecting The Horses

July 31, 2021

Welcome to Tokyo Takeaways by StreamHorseTV! In this series, StreamHorseTV will be talking Tokyo Equestrian with the lovely and knowledgeable Catie Staszak, international show jumping commentator, multimedia sports journalist, and CEO of Catie Staszak Media. We will provide discussion, insight and commentary around all the action happening on the ground...

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Tokyo Takeaways: Equestrian Team Selection Surprises, Impact of Format Changes, Drastically Different Dressage Days

July 31, 2021

Welcome to Tokyo Takeaways by StreamHorseTV! In the Tokyo Takeaways series, StreamHorseTV will be talking Tokyo Equestrian with the lovely and knowledgeable Catie Staszak, international show jumping commentator, multimedia sports journalist, and CEO of Catie Staszak Media. We will provide discussion, insight and commentary around all the action happening on...

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Boyd Martin and Tsetserleg Score a 31.1 to Round Out the Dressage Phase for U.S. Eventing Team at Tokyo 2020

July 31, 2021

Boyd Martin and Tsetserleg served as the final combination of the three-man team of the US Eventing Team to ride down the centerline for their dressage test at the Equestrian Park in Tokyo, Japan, receiving a 31.1 from the Ground Jury to secure the team’s eighth place standing heading into...

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