Nominated Entries for London 2012 Paralympic Equestrian Events

The FEI has today published the list of nominated entries for the London 2012 Paralympic Games. The list is now available on the FEI website here.

The list details the athletes and horses that have achieved the minimum eligibility standards required for London 2012, and qualified National Federations will make their final selection of teams and individuals from this list.

Athletes and horses had from January 1, 2010 to June 17, 2012 to achieve the minimum eligibility standards in Para-Dressage, the sole equestrian discipline at the Paralympic Games.

The deadline for the National Paralympic Committees to submit definite entries to the London Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) is August 6. The definite entries will name the 78 athlete/horse combinations that will compete at Greenwich Park in the 2012 Paralympic equestrian events from August 30 to September 4.

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