Youth Olympic Summer Games 2018 / Riding

Riding at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympic Games
information
venue	Buenos Aires Argentina
Competition venue	Club Hípico Argentino
Nations	30th
Athletes	30 (12 , 18 )
date	October 8-13, 2018
decisions	2
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At the 2018 Summer Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires , two horse riding competitions , specifically show jumping , were held from October 8th to 13th .

The riders at the Youth Summer Games do not ride their own horses, instead they have been given rental horses.

No national teams competed in the team competition. Instead, continental teams were formed from five riders each. The qualification for the teams took place via the continental championships of the juniors or, if there was no such championship, via the continental ranking at the FEI World Jumping Challenge. The starting places for the European team were allocated based on the individual evaluation of the 2017 European Junior Championship in Šamorín .

Results

Team jumping

The team competition was announced as a jumping competition with two rounds and (if there was a tie on the medal ranks) a single jump- off. For each team, the three best results per round were included in the evaluation, so there were two deleted results.

After two laps, Europe and North America were jointly in first place without penalty points. In the jump-off, the first two riders of the teams each made one mistake. The other riders did not make any mistakes, so that in the end there were again no penalty points for both teams. The time required for the three best results of the jump-off was the only decisive factor. Just as the United States won the gold medal against Sweden at the World Equestrian Games almost two weeks earlier, the North Americans were faster than the Europeans at the Summer Youth Games. Thus, North America won the show jumping team competition at the Youth Olympic Games for the first time.

space	team	Riders and horses	Penalty points				time
			1st round	2nd round	total	Sting	Sting
1	North America		0	0	0	0	97.89 s
		MEX Nicole Meyer Robredo with champion	(4)	(4)		(4)	(38.07 s)
		HAI Mateo Philippe Coles with Quid du Plessis	0	0		(0)	(34.55 s)
		PAN Marissa del Pilar Thompson with Kithira	0	0		0	34.07 s
		HON Pedro Espinosa with Llavaneras Genquina	0	(4)		0	32.16 s
		USA Mattie Hatcher with Santa Rosa Valery	(0)	0		0	31.66 s
2	Europe		0	0	0	0	101.58 s
		GBR Jack Whitaker with Chance Luck	0	(4)		(4)	(38.31 s)
		ITA Giacomo Casadei with Darna Z	0	0		(0)	(37.85 s)
		HUN Vince Jarmy with Walterstown Cruise Z	(4)	0		0	34.99 s
		NED Rowen van de Mheen with Baral Ourika	0	0		0	34.79 s
		BEL Simon Morssinkhof with Cheptel Wigan	(0)	(4)		0	31.80 s
3	Africa		1	0	1
		EGY Ahmed Naser Elnaggar with Jos Africa de Parco	(4)	(4)
		ZIM Brianagh Lindsay Clark with El Roblecito Malaika	1	0
		ZAM Anna Bunty Howard with Call Girl Z	0	0
		RSA Hannah Ivy Garton with Jos Cassius	(8th)	(4)
		MRI Margaux Koenig with Urlefe	0	0

Single jump

Winner of the individual gold medal: Giacomo Casadei from Italy with the mare Darna Z

The individual jumping was also organized as a jumping competition with two rounds and a single jump - off . All 30 riders were allowed to start, but Edgar Fung from Hong Kong did not compete.

After two laps, five riders were in the lead without penalty points and thus qualified for the jump-off. Team gold medalist Mattie Hatcher opened the jump-off, but with two obstacle errors. Omar Al Marzooqi was different, as the second starter he took the lead without a mistake. But this only lasted for one ride, Giacomo Casadei was more than two seconds faster than Al Marzooqi without penalty points.

This put the pressure on local hero Richard Kierkegaard. After a refusal and two obstacle errors in the course, the Argentine only got fifth place, as Pedro Espinosa was the last rider to finish with only four penalty points.

rank	equestrian	horse	Penalty points			2nd circulation time	Sting
			1st round	2nd round	total		Penalty points	time
1	ITA Giacomo Casadei	Darna Z	0	0	0		0	31.79  s
2	UAE Omar Al Marzooqi	La Corina Lala	0	0	0		0	34.37 s
3	HON Pedro Espinosa	Llavaneras Genquina	0	0	0		4th	30.80 s
4th	USA Mattie Hatcher	Santa Rosa Valery	0	0	0		8th	30.97 s
5	ARG Richard Kierkegaard	Legolas I	0	0	0		12	38.68 s
6th	NZL Briar Burnett Grant	Milagro Maximo	0	4th	4th	49.38 s
7th	BEL Simon Morssinkhof	Cheptel Wigan	0	4th	4th	51.26 s

Web links

• Riding on the website of the Youth Games 2018
• The Draw: Half-hour documentary about the equestrian competitions of the youth games 2018 , Olympic Channel (English / Spanish with German subtitles)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Athletes & Horses List, updated on 05.10.2018 , inside.fei.org
2. ↑ Youth athletes prepare for biggest equestrian event of their lives as Buenos Aires 2018 officially opens , fei.org, October 6, 2018
3. ↑ YOG 2018 Qualification System , inside.fei.org (PDF)
4. ↑ Junior European Championship Show Jumping 2017, final result individual evaluation
5. ↑ Show jumping, final result of the team ranking (PDF)
6. ↑ Italy's Giacomo Casadei claims individual gold in fantastic five way jump off! , fei.org, October 14, 2018
7. ↑ Show jumping, final standings (PDF)