Steffen Peters and Akiko Yamazaki's Ravel danced their way through the Freestyle with music from "Men Without Hats" and the Rolling Stones. Their 76.500% in the Freestyle wasn't enough to edge out Heike Kemmer of Germany for the bronze medal. With Steffen's final score of 74.150%, only .3% separated the two. Having performed his first Grand Prix just this year, if these Olympic Games are any indication, Ravel has a bright future ahead of him.
Courtney King-Dye, aboard Harmony Amateur Sports Foundation's Mythilus, finished 13th with a final score of 70.175%. Also relatively new to the Grand Prix, his first was last year, Mythilus is another horse to keep an eye on.
Anky van Grunsven (78.680) of the Netherlands won the gold, Isabell Werth (76.650) of Germany the silver and Heike Kemmer (74.455), also of Germany, took the bronze.
The Individual Show Jumping Final will wrap up the Equestrian competition of the 2008 Olympic Games on Thursday, August 21st. After seeing what the Show Jumping Team demonstrated to us, we have a great shot at the gold in the Individual competition.
GO USA!!
Hi Brigita, Why can I watch women's discus, men's bad mitten, etc but no equestrian ? Bummed me out having to go to alternate sites.
Bill:
For some reason, the media does not televise many equestrian events. At least we were able to catch it on Oxygen. Maybe we should all get together and inform the media that we want to see more equestrian events.
Brigita: Thanks for the update. Isn't Ravel just gorgeous? I don't get Oxygen so I'm off to watch on NBC.com
Brigita, thanks for keeping us abreast of what is happening in the equestrian events. You are right, the media just doesn't cover these events...
Maxine:
Oh, to have a horse like Ravel. He is spectacular. I enjoyed watching the musicals. It was beautiful.
Michael:
My pleasure. Maybe I should become a part time equestrian sports reporter. LOL
Thank you for the equestrian news. We'd love to see some pictures added if you can. Good luck with all your business in legigh.
Castellum Realty:
As I find photos, I will post them. I just posted a photo on my post The US Wins the Gold in Team Show Jumping
Brigita,
no rush :) btw: now that the olympics are over, sportswise what will you be talking about? The world cup perhaps?
Castellum Realty:
The next largest equestrian competition is the World Cup. If I come across any other major competition that is of interest, I will "report" it.