TOKYO, Aug. 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Townend is
back on top and Britain holds onto
lead after Cross Country day by Louise
Parkes
World number one, Great
Britain's Oliver Townend,
regained the individual lead he established on the first day of the
Dressage phase with a perfect ride on Ballaghmor Class on Cross
Country day of Equestrian Eventing at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020
at Sea Forest today. And with foot-perfect performances from
team-mates Laura Collett
(London 52) and Tom McEwen (Toledo de Kresker), the British team
go into tomorrow's final Jumping phase with four fences in hand
over their nearest rivals.
Snatched away
His individual lead had been snatched away by Germany's Michael
Jung yesterday morning as the Dressage phase drew to a
close, but the double Olympic champion lost his grip on the top
spot today when triggering the frangible device at the corner
element of fence 14, the Lone Tree Moguls, on an otherwise
faultless tour of the track with Chipmunk. The German National
Federation lodged a protest against the resulting 11 penalties
immediately after the cross country, but the protest was dismissed
by the Ground Jury.
German pathfinder Julia Krajewski
made no mistake with Amande de B'Neville, however, and goes into
tomorrow's final phase in silver medal spot. But the German team
have dropped from second to sixth and look well out of medal
contention.
Contrast
In stark contrast, both Australia and France enjoyed a superb day with spectacular
performances that lifted them into silver and bronze medal spots.
Lying sixth after Dressage, the Australians added just the 2.8 time
penalties picked up by Kevin McNab
and Don Quidam when both Shane Rose
(Virgil) and Andrew Hoy (Vassily de
Lassos) both kept a clean sheet.
Defending
The French are defending the Olympic team title, but things
hadn't been going their way until today when Christopher Six (Totem de Brecey) added just 1.6
time penalties to his scoreline, Nicolas Touzaint (Absolut Gold)
were just over the time-allowed of 7.45 minutes to add 0.4 and
anchorman Karim Florent Laghouag (Triton Fontaine) was clear inside
the time. On a running score of 97.10, they are just over a single
penalty point adrift of the Australians when the action resumes
tomorrow, trailed by New Zealand
(104.00) in fourth, USA in fifth
(109.40) and Germany in sixth
(114.20).
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