The German team won the bronze medal at the European Championships in show jumping in A Coruña.
In the third jumping, the team with Olympic champion Christian Kukuk, Richard Vogel, Sophie Hinners and Marcus Ehning annoyed for the first time, but the first European Championship title has only been dropped since 2011. With a total of 8.19 penalty points, the team from national coach Otto Becker (5.61), which celebrated his second triumph after 2019, and team Olympic champion Great Britain (7.96) landed.
Already after the third of four starters, the German team’s medal was no longer to be taken, only the color was still unknown. In the three -way battle for the crown, the final riding bird and top horse United Touch remained cool, but this also achieved the competition. With his third zero round, the 28-year-old in Spain also maintained the great chance of his first European championship title, as the leader he continues with impressive 0.01 error points.
Routinier Ehning made a drop in the course (28th) with Coolio as the starting rider, and Olympic champion Kukuk also failed on the course for the first time. This also has consequences for the individual ranking, the 35-year-old and his mare Just Be Gentle fell back to 20th place from the sixth. EM debutant Hinners, on the other hand, remained flawless with My Prins and is now in eleventh place.
On Sunday for the top 25 of the showdown tournament for the individual decision is on the program, the final missed only Ehning from the German team. The podium places are ridden in two rounds (2 p.m./4.30 p.m.).