Two Western European Slots Opened Up
Four slots have been filled with riders who did not originally quality for the event.
Two Western European League slots were declined by qualified riders: Cathrine Dufour chose not to compete Atterupgaards Cassidy, with whom she won the CDI-W Vilhelmsborg in October 2020. Also Austrian Florian Bacher chose not to make the trip to Sweden. He recently broke his arm and is still recovering from his injury.
Both Dufour and Bacher tied in 9th place on the Western European League ranking.
One of those spots have been taken by the American based Israeli rider Sahar Hirosh, who will be making his World Cup debut aboard the 18-year old Dutch warmblood Whitman