Perfect Chaos in the distance riding in the world equestrian games in the USA in a very inglorious way to start. However, the race was stopped on the long-distance is by far not the only glitch.
A good mood was not to expand the Distance after the first, extremely chaotic and unsatisfactory day now really present: “This is a slap in the face for the entire Sport,” said siepen of German distance riders Bernhard Dorn – and you could understand his Anger. Unlike “catastrophic” not to refer to the organization of the distance competition at the world equestrian games in Tryon. First of all, a complete lack of planning, then a violently controversial restart and in the end, but then the crash – everything that could go wrong, went wrong.
High pleasure-motivated, and full of on the for the horse and rider strenuous competition had gathered at 6: 30 in the morning, 131 participants for the mass start. However, no one knew exactly where to Start at all – even the organizers had no idea. Therefore, the race finally started at two different places.
Tumultuous protests against the organisers
The Chaos continued seamlessly, because no one had really noticed, who had ridden in what direction, because “it was still dark,” said the German equip boss Annette Kaiser the confusion. Your protégé mandrel passes, said: “For me, you would have had to cancel it.” Instead, all of the participants were whistled after a few hours, a restart, and the reduction in the range of 160 to 120 kilometres was the solution to the overwhelmed organizers, who met with but little love in the case of athletes, coaches, and nurses.
“Tumultuous protests,” it should have been under the equip ladders as already given, told the Emperor. Also, the Mandrel must be laid not held with his irritation behind a mountain. “We athletes prepare all year for a world Cup, this is the climax. This is Shit!”, he said: “This is disrespectful to riders, us, us athletes and especially our horses.”
After heavy rains, in hot air, the humidity was so high, that the distance horse riding has been cancelled
As the unworthy distance-spectacle in the evening, it was finally cancelled due to the weather, was required of the experienced Thorn “more than on the verge of tears,” he confessed. The early termination was the most logical action of the entire competition, the world Association FEI, but because of the “potentially dangerous combination of heat and humidity” of the circuit. On the palm of everything that was happening brought the Sauerland.
Controversial Discipline
The distance ride is a high burden, especially for the horses who complete the route in sections, and a certain average speed may not exceed. There are always breaks, in which the animals are to be medically examined. Never the entire field make it to the finish. Often it comes to injuries with the horses, cases, rarely, death. For example, achieved at the last world equestrian only 38 of the 165 Starter games in Caen, France, to the finish line, a horse died of the consequences of a serious fall.
This time, in Tryon, were not allowed to visit the equestrian the distance, because the terrain of the course belongs to 70 individuals. “From the beginning, it was clear that the track is only opened for this one day,” said the Emperor. An absurdity, as well as the mandrel passes: “If this is not possible in this area, then you can have something like that here.”
There is construction, but not Hotels
The show grounds in Tryon is a construction site
But not only in distance riding, the organisers showed themselves to be in Tryon yet overwhelmed. Everywhere is drilled and dredged, heavy construction equipment work even after the world Cup is still on the site. The toilets are only in certain buildings. And also the viewers. So on the first day of the competition on the ranks in the dressage stadium is eerily Empty, only slightly better than it looked in the Reining hall in Western riding.
This is a Problem with the accommodation comes: Actually, three large Hotels on the site, has passed, however, it is only for the foundations. Many nurses live in tents, in tiny wooden huts, or hastily created caravan. Organizational chief Mark Bellisimo forced to abandon an apology.
Although you have to hold the organizers of the benefit of that Tryon was only filled in 2016 in the short term for the canadian Bromont as the venue. However, it is not the first Time that a host of the world games riders, consisting of all eight FEI disciplines, is overwhelmed.
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