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Release 14 (20 July 2004) Linda
AlgotssonReigns Supreme on Home Ground 2003 FEI Eventing World
Cup Champion Linda Algotsson won a brilliant victory at the 11th FEI Eventing
World Cup qualifier held in Malmö (SWE) from 16 to 18 July. Riding her very
own 11-year old gelding Fair Dobbin, she finished on the impressive result of
46.4 penalties. Linda was in 4th position after the first day of competition,
despite a fine Dressage test (44 penalties), but a clear Cross Country (2.4 time
penalties) followed by a clear Jumping round made her the convincing leader more
than 10 points ahead of runner-up fellow countrywoman Viktoria Carlerbäck.
This victory secures Linda 100 FEI Eventing World Cup points which,
added to her previous performances in Luhmühlen, GER (60 points) and Strzegom,
POL (30 points), place her as the firm leader of the standings with 190 points,
well ahead of Germany's Andreas Dibowski (134 points) and Darren Chiacca
of the USA (123 points). A remarkable performance was also put on by Viktoria
Carlerbäck, who rode no less than three horses and placed 2nd on Ballys
Geronimo with a final result of 56,5 points and 4th on Onyx with 60,4 points.
Victoria, who also took part in the Luhmühlen qualifier, is now 7th in the
FEI Eventing World Cup standings with 104 points. The winning trio is completed
by the current World bronze medallist Piia Pantsu (FIN) on Ypäjä
Karuso. Piia performed the competition's best Dressage test (37,5 penalty points),
but this xcellent beginning was unfortunately followed by a refusal in her otherwise
faultless Cross Country. A clear
Jumping round, equalled only by the winner
Linda Algotsson, put her in third position only one point behind Viktoria Carlerbäck
(final result of 57,5 points). All three of them are part of their countries'
Olympic selection which is a welcome confirmation of the prestige the FEI Eventing
World Cup series is acquiring among the world's best riders.
The full
results are available on http://www.equipe.nu/resultat/Rib04Res1Slut.htm
After
ten qualifiers the leaderbord of the FEI Eventing World Cup is as follows:
1.
Linda Algotsson (SWE) - 190 points
2. Andreas Dibowski (GER) - 134 points
3.
Darren Chiacca (USA) - 123 points
4. Andrew Hoy (AUS) - 120 points
5.
Matthew Grayling (NZL) - 118 points
6. Phillip Dutton (AUS) - 110 points
7.
Viktoria Carlerbäck (SWE) - 104 points
8. Andrzej Pasek (POL) - 101
9.
Sonja Johnson (AUS) - 100
9. Robyn Fisher (USA) - 100
9. R. de Gouveia
Jr. (BRA) - 100
9. Pippa Funnell (GBR) - 100
9. Pavel Sergeev (RUS) - 100
The
full standings are available on the FEI's website www.horsesport.org (section
consult/results/eventing) (direct link: ttp://www.horsesport.org/fei/pdfs/consult/02_03/C_04_st_WC.pdf
The
next FEI Eventing World Cup qualifiers will take place in Kalispell (Rebecca Farm),
MT (USA) and
Warwick (AUS) from 23 to 25 July. ***
The
FEI Eventing World Cup is the sport's first linked series consisting of 17 qualifiers
culminating in a yearly Final. It is organised at the highest level (three-star)
of the short Eventing format which is the new standard for Championships and the
Olympic Games. The series is designed in manner to
encourage the participation
of the world's best riders and horses and thus promote such emblematic values
of Eventing, as the constant quest for harmony between physical skills and mental
balance, contact with nature, precision, stamina, agility and insightful training.
The FEI Eventing World Cup is a showcase of a sport resolutely turning to the
future.
Malina Gueorguiev
Fédération Equestre Internationale
Communications
Department
tel. ++41 21 310 47 54
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