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Germany leads teams, Leprevost heads individuals

Aug 24, 2015

The FEI European Jumping Championships 2015 got off to a flying start in Aachen, Germany on the 19th with a brilliant victory for Frenchwoman Penelope Leprevost, while the host nation foursome of Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum, Ludger Beerbaum, Christian Ahlmann and Daniel Deusser took the early lead in the team standings.

The French lie second going into tomorrow’s first round of the team competition with the defending European champions from Great Britain in third. But there is less than a fence between the top six countries, with Spain in fourth, the Netherlands in fifth and Ukraine in sixth place.

A total of 22 teams lined out in this afternoon’s speed competition, and with four seconds added for every fence down, and results converted into points, just 1.33 separates Germany from France, while the British are only another 1.29 points further adrift.

And there is another sub-plot at play this week, with the last three team spots on offer for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. France, Germany, Netherlands, Sweden and Ukraine are already qualified, but the defending Olympic champions from Great Britain are not. As it stands this evening they lead in the race for those three Rio berths followed by Spain, while the seventh-placed Italians and eighth-placed Irish are also in hot pursuit.

1 FLORA DE MARIPOSA FOR PLEASURE 103IR58 BWP Penelope LEPREVOST FRA 67.67 17.500 €
2 CHIARA 222 CONTENDER 102QT61 Holst Ludger BEERBAUM GER 69.17 14.000 €
3 UTAMARO D'ECAUSSINES DIAMANT DE SEMILLY 102SS23 SBS Joe CLEE GBR 69.67 10.500 €
4 CONRAD DE HUS CON AIR 102ZA68 Holst Gregory WATHELET BEL 69.75 7.000 €
5 MOLLY MALONE V KANNAN 102UT81 A.E.S. Bertram ALLEN IRL 69.79 4.900 €

7 DIVA II KANNAN 103YY08 A.E.S. Ben MAHER GBR 70.78 2.800 €

Results first day EC on HTR

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