How cool! I believe there were some other equestrian athletes also carrying the flag? Hmm, I don't remember, 204 countries is kind of a lot to remember....
What is his sport, dressage, jumping or eventing? We (The Netherlands) have competitors in all three disciplines this year and a good chance for a medal in at least dressage. So I'm looking forward to it!
I just checked the results of today and saw that one of your eventing riders got silver! Congratulations!
Our eventing riders didn't do very well and ended somewhere low in the ranking. One even got thrown of her horse yesterday and was disqualified. Still, it was the first time we entered the national eventing competition since I believe 50 years or so.
Yes, we're so happy :D And the team came 4th overall, it's really a great achievment! I'm so proud of the team; horse and riders ^^
I didn't see the whole eventing yesterday due to work, but I did see the dutch who fell off :( It's a tough sport, one misscalculation and you can be gone. But that's so awsome for your team! I'm really glad smaller nationalities are making it to the olympics, who usually doesn't. :D
Hope it goes better for you in dressage and jumping :)
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What is his sport, dressage, jumping or eventing? We (The Netherlands) have competitors in all three disciplines this year and a good chance for a medal in at least dressage. So I'm looking forward to it!
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We have competitors in all thre as well! We usually do have active riders in all 3 three events, it's a pretty popular sport here :)
I will keep an eye out for Netherlands :D
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Our eventing riders didn't do very well and ended somewhere low in the ranking. One even got thrown of her horse yesterday and was disqualified. Still, it was the first time we entered the national eventing competition since I believe 50 years or so.
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I didn't see the whole eventing yesterday due to work, but I did see the dutch who fell off :( It's a tough sport, one misscalculation and you can be gone. But that's so awsome for your team! I'm really glad smaller nationalities are making it to the olympics, who usually doesn't. :D
Hope it goes better for you in dressage and jumping :)
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