Germany sends an exciting team to the show jumping rider in La Coruna. Sportschau.de shows the decisions live. The most important information at a glance.
The European Championship in La Coruna in Spanish is the season highlight for the show jumpers. It begins on Wednesday, July 16, and ends on Sunday, July 20.
Who broadcasts the Jum Winging Championship live?
Sportschau.de offers two web-exclusive live streams on sportschau.de and in the ARD media library. The final of the Nations Prize (15.45 -19.15) can be seen on Friday, July 18) and the individual competition on Sunday. The passage with the best 25 can be seen from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. in the livestream, the final with the top 12 from 4.30pm to 5:00 p.m.
The World Association FEI broadcasts all exams in the paid live stream.
What are the exams?
The European champions will be in Single And in the Nation evaluation wanted based on exams on four days. The EM begins with a time jumping on Wednesday (3 p.m). The times of the starters are converted into penalty points and flow into both the team and the individual ranking.
On Thursday follows the first of two rounds in Nation price. The best ten teams after mistakes and time qualify for the second circulation on Friday. In addition, the top 50 riders from time jumps and the first circulation qualify for the round round.
On Friday the second circulation of the Nation prize at 4.15 p.m. (live on sportschau.de). As the previous day, there is a string result, so only the top three of the four results of a team count. The team European champion is determined on Friday evening.
On Sunday it is then from 2 p.m. (live on sportschau.de) about the Single crown. The 25 best riders from time jumping and team decision occur over two rounds of mistakes and time. In the second circulation (from 4.30 p.m. live in the first one), only the top 12 from round one are there. If the best rider have the same number of penalty points after the second circulation, a jump -off follows.
Which Germans are there?
Christian Kukuk (Riesenbeck): As the Olympic champion, one of the favorites is also on the individual title, even if Checker, his gold horse from Paris, is not included. Kukuk relies on Just Be Gentle at the European Championship. At the Chio in Aachen, the 35-year-old was still the best German in the great prize.
Richard Vogel (Pfungstadt): The 28-year-old is also part of the narrow favorite group, and he has been racing in front for a good two years. His fast horse United Touch S is a spectacle with his large gallop.
Sophie Hinners (Pfungstadt): The 27-year-old EM debutante (starts with Iron Dames My Prins) is considered the starter of the scene, is currently the most successful German jumping rider. Since the beginning of the year, she has achieved 16 victories in international exams. She is in a relationship with Richard Vogel, which leads to a premiere: for the first time, a couple for Germany are starting at a large championship.
Marcus Ehning (Borken): At 51, he was the veteran in the German team, Ehning relies on the stallion Coolio at his tenth European Championship. When he won Olympiagold in 2000, his colleagues from La Coruna were still in daycare and primary school age.
Hans-Dieter Dreher: Is even two years older than Ehning and fulfills a lifelong dream. Dreher does not start in the team with his gelding Elysum, but only as a single rider, but he celebrates his championship debut at an advanced age. “As a small child, I always cheered. I am now really happy that it finally worked”he told the SWR.
Who are the favorites?
Although Germany was not always at the front recently and also missed a medal at the Chio in Aachen, national coach Otto Becker looks optimistically at the European Championship. “I think we are part of the circle of favorites, and we also made something.“To keep pace in the extremely tight tip, but must “Everything fit, everything has to be right”.
Switzerland stands out with the freshly baked Aachen winner Martin Fuchs and the reigning European champion Steve Guerdat. But Great Britain also sends title candidates on the course with the team Olympic champions Ben Maher and Scott Brash in both ratings.
Defending champion Sweden relies on a pure women’s team this year and does without stars like world champion Henrik von Eckermann or Peder Fredricson.
A Coruna or La Coruna?
A Coruna is the Galician spelling and has been the official form since 1984. However, the Spanish name La Coruna kept in daily language use.
For the first time ever, the Galician port city is the place of alignment at the Springreit-European Championship, for the first time since 2011 the title fights return to Spain. At that time the German team rode to gold in Madrid.