Just 500 days remain until the XXXIII Olympiad, and countries are gradually running out of opportunities to qualify.
Paris 2024
The top two teams in the Doha qualifier earned a place at the 2024 Games; UAE snags their very first equestrian Olympic qualification.
Cost-cutting measures and 'difficult' works on the historic Versailles site are believed to account for the Parisians’ approach.
Gregory Bodo and Santiago Varela will share course design duties for the show jumping competitions and eventing jumping phase.
Michael Payne: "I have watched with dismay, frankly with utter disbelief, as certain groups try to defend their equestrian interests.”
The first EC online auction fundraiser is underway to support initiatives to send Canadian teams to Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Jumpers get their wish to see the team contest reinstated before the individual; plus new powers to avoid “negative” images for the sport.
Sessions will include World Championship and Olympic updates, standards, veterinary regulations, eventing, dressage and para-dressage rules.
Discussions will include Paris 2024 Olympic/Paralympic regulations, a World Championships progress report, and more.
The approval of the sports program will take place Feb. 2022 and the finalization of events and athlete quotas will be confirmed following Paris 2024.