Parzival got an allergic reaction and infection earlier this week in Rio due to an insect bite. After treatment all seemed oke. And since Dutch reserve Madeleine Witte-Vrees did not travel to Rio with the team Cornellissen and the team of vets decided she had to go for it.
However after only a few minutes in her test Cornelissen felt things were not right and decided to pull out of the race. Now the Dutch only have Hans Peter Minderhoud, Edward Gal and Diederik van Silfhouten left, the same team that won European Gold in Aachen last year.