Steffen Peters knows how to bring a crowd to their feet—even virtually. Sure, at 56 he is the oldest U.S Olympic medalist in almost 70 years, but the man recognizes the ageless pull of tunes with an irresistible dance beat, like “Destination Calabria” and “What Is Love?” “I used to DJ for some parties,” Peters […]
Tokyo—Aug. 3 The stakes were high for the show jumping individual qualifier in Tokyo tonight: A single rail down meant a rider didn’t qualify for the individual final tomorrow. Seventy-three riders entered the ring at the Baji Koen Equestrian Park for the qualifying track, and the top 30 will come back tomorrow. No members of […]
Tokyo—Aug. 2 Show jumping takes over the Baji Koen Equestrian Park today as the final equestrian sport in the Tokyo Olympic Games. All four U.S. horses passed the first horse inspection, held July 31, and the show jumpers have had their first chance to school in the stadium. Speaking at a press conference Monday, team members Kent Farrington, […]
Aug. 3—This story has been updated to reflect a statement by the U.S. Equestrian Federation. The U.S. Center for SafeSport has found international show jumping champion Rich Fellers ineligible to participate in the sport. On July 16, SafeSport changed Fellers’s status to “ineligible,” listing his misconduct as “criminal disposition; criminal disposition involving a minor; criminal disposition-sexual misconduct.” […]
THE COMPETITION DATES: Aug. 3-4, 6-7 MEDAL DAYS: Individual—Wednesday, Aug. 4 Team—Saturday, Aug. 7 THE VENUE: Equestrian Park in Setagaya City, Tokyo HOW TO WATCH: NBC Olympic Livestream (all times Eastern) • Individual qualifier: 6 a.m. Aug. 3 with televised highlights at 3:15 p.m. on NBC Sports • Individual finals and medals: 6 a.m. Aug. 4 with […]
Tokyo—Aug. 2 There’s a special kind of pressure that comes with entering the Olympic Games’ eventing show jumping ring last to go. But if Julia Krajewski felt the pressure of sitting in first place, she didn’t let it show. In her round in the team competition, which took place about two hours before the individual […]
Tokyo—Aug. 2 Poland’s Fantastic Frieda, ridden by Joanna Pawlak, was the only horse spun at the second horse inspection for the eventing at the Olympic Games this morning in Tokyo. The U.S. squad of Vandiver (ridden by Doug Payne), Tsetserleg TSF (ridden by Boyd Martin) and Z (ridden by Phillip Dutton), plus traveling reserve Mai […]
Jet Set, a horse ridden by Switzerland’s Robin Godel, was euthanized after sustaining an injury on the cross-country course at the Tokyo Olympics today, Aug. 1. The gelding pulled up lame after jumping through the Mt. Fuji Water Complex at fence 20. “The horse received immediate veterinary attention at the fence and, after an initial […]
Tokyo—Aug. 1 What do you get when you put three double-clear cross-country trips together on a day when few make it around without penalties? You get a team leading by nearly 20 points at the Olympic Games. That team, Great Britain, is currently sitting on 78.3 penalties ahead of Australia (96.2) and France (97.1). The […]
Seven years ago, Thomas Heffernan Ho was happily putting his university degree to good use, working in hotel management in London and his home country of Hong Kong. He’d grown up taking lessons in riding schools and enjoyed watching his brother Daniel Heffernan Ho ride, but he’d never seriously competed himself. Then came a call […]
Steffen Peters knows how to bring a crowd to their feet—even virtually. Sure, at 56 he is the oldest U.S Olympic medalist in almost 70 years, but the man recognizes the ageless pull of tunes with an irresistible dance beat, like “Destination Calabria” and “What Is Love?” “I used to DJ for some parties,” Peters […]
Tokyo—Aug. 3 The stakes were high for the show jumping individual qualifier in Tokyo tonight: A single rail down meant a rider didn’t qualify for the individual final tomorrow. Seventy-three riders entered the ring at the Baji Koen Equestrian Park for the qualifying track, and the top 30 will come back tomorrow. No members of […]
Tokyo—Aug. 2 Show jumping takes over the Baji Koen Equestrian Park today as the final equestrian sport in the Tokyo Olympic Games. All four U.S. horses passed the first horse inspection, held July 31, and the show jumpers have had their first chance to school in the stadium. Speaking at a press conference Monday, team members Kent Farrington, […]
Aug. 3—This story has been updated to reflect a statement by the U.S. Equestrian Federation. The U.S. Center for SafeSport has found international show jumping champion Rich Fellers ineligible to participate in the sport. On July 16, SafeSport changed Fellers’s status to “ineligible,” listing his misconduct as “criminal disposition; criminal disposition involving a minor; criminal disposition-sexual misconduct.” […]
THE COMPETITION DATES: Aug. 3-4, 6-7 MEDAL DAYS: Individual—Wednesday, Aug. 4 Team—Saturday, Aug. 7 THE VENUE: Equestrian Park in Setagaya City, Tokyo HOW TO WATCH: NBC Olympic Livestream (all times Eastern) • Individual qualifier: 6 a.m. Aug. 3 with televised highlights at 3:15 p.m. on NBC Sports • Individual finals and medals: 6 a.m. Aug. 4 with […]
Tokyo—Aug. 2 There’s a special kind of pressure that comes with entering the Olympic Games’ eventing show jumping ring last to go. But if Julia Krajewski felt the pressure of sitting in first place, she didn’t let it show. In her round in the team competition, which took place about two hours before the individual […]
Tokyo—Aug. 2 Poland’s Fantastic Frieda, ridden by Joanna Pawlak, was the only horse spun at the second horse inspection for the eventing at the Olympic Games this morning in Tokyo. The U.S. squad of Vandiver (ridden by Doug Payne), Tsetserleg TSF (ridden by Boyd Martin) and Z (ridden by Phillip Dutton), plus traveling reserve Mai […]
Jet Set, a horse ridden by Switzerland’s Robin Godel, was euthanized after sustaining an injury on the cross-country course at the Tokyo Olympics today, Aug. 1. The gelding pulled up lame after jumping through the Mt. Fuji Water Complex at fence 20. “The horse received immediate veterinary attention at the fence and, after an initial […]
Tokyo—Aug. 1 What do you get when you put three double-clear cross-country trips together on a day when few make it around without penalties? You get a team leading by nearly 20 points at the Olympic Games. That team, Great Britain, is currently sitting on 78.3 penalties ahead of Australia (96.2) and France (97.1). The […]
Seven years ago, Thomas Heffernan Ho was happily putting his university degree to good use, working in hotel management in London and his home country of Hong Kong. He’d grown up taking lessons in riding schools and enjoyed watching his brother Daniel Heffernan Ho ride, but he’d never seriously competed himself. Then came a call […]
