At the next Olympics fewer eventers will represent their country but more dressage riders will have the honour to be called up. The FEI will represent this new plan at the FEI Sports Forum in Switzerland next month. The main goal is to harmonise the number of riders per team to a uniform four, with three to count. At London 2012, eventing teams comprised five members, showjumping four and dressage three. FEI Secretary General Ingmar de Vos said the main goal was to “harmonise our rules and make them easier for the wider public to understand”.
Even more the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has been very clear about the increase of the maximum allowed horses. For the next Olympics the overall quota for equestrian sport of 200 horses will have to be accepted. Thus an improvement and harmonisation of the system has to be made. “With a sport that is, luckily, developing in all parts of the world, this is not an easy exercise,” added Igmar de Vos.
source: equnews.be/ FEI
At the next Olympics fewer eventers will represent their country but more dressage riders will have the honour to be called up. The FEI will represent this new plan at the FEI Sports Forum in Switzerland next month. The main goal is to harmonise the number of riders per team to a uniform four, with three to count. At London 2012, eventing teams comprised five members, showjumping four and dressage three. FEI Secretary General Ingmar de Vos said the main goal was to “harmonise our rules and make them easier for the wider public to understand”.
Even more the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has been very clear about the increase of the maximum allowed horses. For the next Olympics the overall quota for equestrian sport of 200 horses will have to be accepted. Thus an improvement and harmonisation of the system has to be made. “With a sport that is, luckily, developing in all parts of the world, this is not an easy exercise,” added Igmar de Vos.
source: equnews.be/ FEI