25 starting places for the individual European Show Jumping Championships Finals, that was the stake of today's round in Aachen. Not to forget the final moment to grasp the gold team medal. The jumps were set at a height of 1.60m, the course technical build.
A shining sun and a huge crowd filled the Aachen arena. Rob Ehrens proved to have made the right decisions. Namely chosing his 2014 World Equestrian Games-team for Aachen. Just like in Normandy the Orange-riders took home the gold medal in this Championship.
Yesterday the Dutch team finished without making any fault, today they had to be satisfied with only one time penalty. The total of 8.820 points brought the victory for Jeroen Dubbeldam (SFN Zenith N.O.P.), Jur Vrieling (VDL Zirocco Blue N.O.P.), Maikel Van der Vleuten (Verdi) and Gerco Schröder.
The Silver go's to Team Germany finishing today with four penalties. Both Christian Ahlmann (Taloubet Z) and Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum (Fibonacci 17) kept it clear. Daniel Deusser (Cornet d'Amour) and Ludger Beerbaum (Chiara 222) had both one rail down.
Bronze medal is - maybe a bit surprisingly - for Team Switzerland. France had an off-day. Starting today in the lead they finished in the fifth place after a total of 16 points. None of the French team members succeeded in a clear round. Great-Britain finishes fourth.
