gotosy Posted August 2, 2012 Report Share Posted August 2, 2012 Japanese rider is oldest at London Olympics Hiroshi Hoketsu of Japan became the oldest competitor at the 2012 London Olympics on Thursday when his horse Whisper cantered into the ring at the equestrian dressage competition at Greenwich Park. The 71-year-old Hoketsu was also the oldest competitor at the 2008 Beijing Games. An even greater feat may be that it's been 48 years since his first Olympic appearance. He competed in equestrian show jumping in 1964 in Tokyo. Hoketsu says "the biggest motivation I have to keep competing is that I feel I am improving." Oscar Swahn of Sweden holds the record for the oldest Olympian ever; he won silver in shooting in 1920 at the age of 72. AP http://www.foxnews.c...p#ixzz22OxS39wM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guardian Posted August 3, 2012 Report Share Posted August 3, 2012 Second day of Grand Prix rounds for the individual and team dressage events for August 3. Link: http://www.london2012.com/equestrian/schedule-and-results/day=3-august/all-day.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guardian Posted August 4, 2012 Report Share Posted August 4, 2012 The qualifying matches for individual and team jumping begins today, on August 4. Link: http://www.london2012.com/equestrian/schedule-and-results/day=4-august/all-day.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faster Posted August 4, 2012 Report Share Posted August 4, 2012 Beezie Madden failed to qualify, she was the gold medal favourite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guardian Posted August 5, 2012 Report Share Posted August 5, 2012 The final day of qualifying rounds in the individual and first round of team jumping events highlight the August 5 schedule. After that, it is for the Olympic medals the next few days. Link: http://www.london2012.com/equestrian/schedule-and-results/day=5-august/all-day.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guardian Posted August 6, 2012 Report Share Posted August 6, 2012 The chase for Olympic medals begins today (August 6). They are going to be handed out in the team jumping event. The teams that will compete for Olympic medals here are of the following: Brazil, Canada, Great Britain, Netherlands, Saudi Arabia, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United States. Link: http://www.london2012.com/equestrian/schedule-and-results/day=6-august/all-day.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gotosy Posted August 6, 2012 Report Share Posted August 6, 2012 Great Britain won gold in the Olympic Team Jumping competition after a dramatic finale at Greenwich Park today. It was Britain's first Olympic Jumping title for 60 years, and came after the Host Nation and the Netherlands finished tied after two rounds. All four team members - Nick Skelton, Ben Maher, Scott Brash and Peter Charles - then rode again in front of a capacity 23,000 crowd. Skelton on Big Star, Maher on Tripple X III and Charles on Vindicat all jumped clear to land gold, leaving Netherlands with silver, while Saudi Arabia clinched bronze. The Dutch cracked under pressure in the jump-off phase, with Mikael van der Vleuten and Marc Houtzager both having fences down. The last time Britain won an Olympic gold medal was at Helsinki in 1952 and this was the first Jumping medal of any description since a Team silver in Los Angeles 28 years ago. ... http://www.london201...mping-gold.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob2012 Posted August 6, 2012 Report Share Posted August 6, 2012 ORNC Greenwich https://twitter.com/London2012/status/232528524609732609/photo/1/large Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guardian Posted August 6, 2012 Report Share Posted August 6, 2012 Final medal results for the team jumping event on August 6: - GOLD: GREAT BRITAIN - SILVER: Netherlands - BRONZE: Saudi Arabia Link: http://www.london2012.com/equestrian/event/jumping-team/index.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guardian Posted August 7, 2012 Report Share Posted August 7, 2012 August 7 sees that Olympic medals are handed out in the team dressage event. Link: http://www.london2012.com/equestrian/schedule-and-results/day=7-august/all-day.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guardian Posted August 8, 2012 Report Share Posted August 8, 2012 Final medal results for the team dressage event on August 7: - GOLD: GREAT BRITAIN - SILVER: Germany - BRONZE: Netherlands Link: http://www.london2012.com/equestrian/event/dressage-team/phase=eqx401100/index.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexjc Posted August 8, 2012 Report Share Posted August 8, 2012 I'm rapped with our results in London...Would like to see a showjumping team being funded as well as the 3day team. Good work NZ Equestrians. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guardian Posted August 8, 2012 Report Share Posted August 8, 2012 Olympic medals are on the line in the individual jumping event for August 8. Link: http://www.london2012.com/equestrian/schedule-and-results/day=8-august/all-day.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dancingbrogues Posted August 8, 2012 Report Share Posted August 8, 2012 The Greenwich Park Venue is such a headf***. Straddling the prime meridian the skyscraper skyline of Canary Wharf looms over the elegant Queen's House, the Thames can be seen in the college gap, a tall rigged ship floats by. The jumps are incredibly kitsch, the crowd is immense, and they're playing Heart of Glass by Blondie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daze Posted August 8, 2012 Report Share Posted August 8, 2012 And Gold for Switzerland! Steve Guerdat, congratulations! Silver for Netherlands Gerco Schroder and Bronze for Irelands Cian O´Connor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hektor Posted August 8, 2012 Report Share Posted August 8, 2012 There was the tradition in the Equestrian to have one of the obstacles if the final jumping event to the themed after the next host city. It seems this tradition has been dropped. Does anyone know why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guardian Posted August 8, 2012 Report Share Posted August 8, 2012 Final medal results for the individual jumping event for August 8: - GOLD: Steve Guerdat (on Nino des Buissonnets) (Switzerland) - SILVER: Gerco Schroder (on London) (Netherlands) - BRONZE: Cian O'Connor (on Blue Loyd 12) (Ireland) Link: http://www.london2012.com/equestrian/event/jumping-individual/index.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guardian Posted August 9, 2012 Report Share Posted August 9, 2012 August 9 is the last day of equine competition. Today, the Olympic medals are handed out in the individual dressage event. Link: http://www.london2012.com/equestrian/schedule-and-results/day=9-august/all-day.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guardian Posted August 10, 2012 Report Share Posted August 10, 2012 Final medal results for the individual dressage event on August 9: - GOLD: Charlotte Dujardin (on Valegro) (GREAT BRITAIN) - SILVER: Adelinde Cornelissen (on Parzival) (Netherlands) - BRONZE: Laura Bechtolsheimer (on Mistral Hojris) (GREAT BRITAIN) Link: http://www.london201...1100/index.html This is the end of equestrianism at London 2012. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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