Franziska Fries' Atomic, the horse that took her from Under 25 into the senior Grand Prix division, has become the U25 schoolmaster for Austrian young rider Florian Artner.
Franziska Fries' Atomic, the horse that took her from Under 25 into the senior Grand Prix division, has become the U25 schoolmaster for Austrian young rider Florian Artner.
Austria’s veteran Olympic equestrian
Victoria Max-Theurer‘s Tokyo Olympics Games have ended before they ever began and for a reason that may be hard to swallow. Her horse has a toothache.
Max-Theurer had noticed that her 11-year-old horse,
Abegglen NRW, had been behaving strangely in training. During the Olympic Opening Ceremony on Friday, a health check and x-ray revealed a tooth infection.
“The well-being of my horse is always above everything else for me,” Max–Theuer told Dressage News. “This hurts a lot, but the most important thing is and remains my horse’s health.”
Max-Theuer made her first Olympic appearance in Athens in 2004. Tokyo would have been her fifth Olympics. Her mother Sissy Max-Theuer won a gold medal in dressage at the 1980 Games in Moscow.
FIRST GOLD MEDAL WINNER: Yang Qian of China celebrates on the podium after winning the women’s 10m Air Rifle final at the Asaka Shooting Range on Saturday. Reuters
TOKYO: China claimed three gold medals on the first day of competition at the Tokyo Olympics on Saturday and cyclist Richard Carapaz became just the second competitor in Ecuador’s history to top the podium, with victory in the road race.
As the troubled build-up to the pandemic-postponed Games gave way to the first full day of competition, China secured victories in shooting and weightlifting.
Yang Qian sparked the mini gold rush in the 10-metre air rifle competition, pipping Russia’s Anastasiia Galashina with a dramatic last-shot victory to take the very first title of the Games.
Holy molar! Dressage rider withdraws after horse gets toothache
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Holy molar! Dressage rider withdraws after horse gets toothache
Austriaâs veteran Olympic equestrian
Victoria Max-Theurer s Tokyo Olympics Games have ended before they ever beganâand for a reason that may be hard to swallow. Her horse has a toothache.
Max-Theurer had noticed that her 11-year-old horse,
Abegglen NRW, had been behaving strangely in training. During the Olympic Opening Ceremony on Friday, a health check and x-ray revealed a tooth infection.
âThe well-being of my horse is always above everything else for me, MaxâTheuer told Dressage News. This hurts a lot, but the most important thing is and remains my horseâs health.â