With great rides by all three U.S. riders, the U.S. Show Jumping Team here at the 2024 Paris Olympics have qualified to move into tomorrow’s jumping finals on a score of only 6 faults. They were the second best team in the rankings today, behind Germany who finished in the top spot on zero faults.
First up for the USA was Laura Kraut riding Baloutinue, jumping in the 13th spot; they jumped clear and within the time. Twenty riders later, Karl Cook and Caracole de la Roque also jumped clear (no rails down and no time faults). The anchor rider for the USA, McLain Ward riding Ilex, put in a smooth round, but had an unlucky rail and two time penalties to finish on 6 penalties. Thus, the USA finished on a score of 6.
Other qualified teams are Great Britain, Belgium and the Netherlands all on 8 faults, Ireland on 9, France with 12, Sweden with 17, and both Israel and Mexico on 20 faults. Tomorrow’s Olympic jumping team final runs from 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. Central European Time (8:00 – 10:00 a.m. U.S. Eastern Time).
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