Amazone Dinja van Liere won the bronze medal in the freestyle to music at the World Dressage Championships in Herning, Denmark on Wednesday. With her horse Hermès, the Dutch achieved a score of 86.900.
For the 31-year-old Van Liere it was her second medal during this tournament. Last Monday, the World Cup debutant also took bronze in the Grand Prix Special.
Just like in the Grand Prix Special, the victory went to Charlotte Fry. The British came with Glamourdale to 90,654. The Danish Cathrine Laudrup-Dufour, who was the last to come into action after Van Liere in his own country, took the silver with Vamos Amigos with 89.411.
Emmelie Scholtens also played in the final. The Dutchman was the first to come into action with her horse Indian Rock and came to 74,589. She finished fifteenth and last.
Earlier this year, Van Liere became Dutch champion with Hermès. Last year she already won the top competition in Aachen. She missed the Tokyo Olympics due to an administrative error by the international federation FEI, which could not be rectified in time.
Maikel van der Vleuten was individually the best Dutchman in the first part of the showjumping riders.
Maikel van der Vleuten was individually the best Dutchman in the first part of the showjumping riders. Photo: AP
Show jumpers start World Championship with eighth place
The Dutch show jumping riders of national coach Jos Lansink started the World Championship in Herning with an eighth place in the first part. That was a jumping test on time. Maikel van der Vleuten was individually the best Dutchman with Beauville in fourteenth place.
Harrie Smolders was 34th with Monaco and Sanne Thijssen 36th with Con Quidam. Jur Vrieling’s result with Long John Silver (64th) did not count.
The gap in the stage on the Frenchman Julien Epaillard, who was fastest with Caracole de la Roque, is converted into penalty points. Sweden, for example, leads the country classification with 3.69 penalty points. France is second with 5.44 and Belgium third with 5.49. The Netherlands has 9.31 penalty points.
The Nations Cup has two more rounds, one on Thursday and one on Friday. The show jumping riders want to qualify for the World Championships for the Olympic Games in Paris in 2024. Lansink’s team must then finish in the best five countries, excluding France.