Olympic showjumping medallists celebrated in London

Contemporary from their glittering success on the Paris 2024 Video games, all 4 of the Olympic showjumping gold medallists will likely be competing at this week’s Longines World Champions Tour (LGCT) in London (16-18 August), the place they are going to be celebrated with a particular ceremony.

Nice Britain’s staff gold medal-winning trio of Scott Brash, Harry Charles and Ben Maher will likely be in motion alongside Germany’s newly topped particular person Olympic champion Christian Kukuk.

This quartet of heroic gold medallists will likely be joined in a particular ceremony by bronze staff medallist Simon Delestre of France and the Dutch particular person bronze medallist Maikel van der Vleuten.

The medallists’ ceremony will happen in the principle ring throughout the LGCT present at Royal Hospital Chelsea on Saturday, 17 August at 1.15pm forward of the beginning of the day’s five-star motion. The grooms and riders will likely be given presents and there will likely be a reside Q&A.

In 2021, the newly topped Olympic champion Ben Maher was celebrated in comparable model with an Olympic medallists’ parade on the London LGCT present.

15 Olympians to look at

A complete of 15 riders from Paris 2024 will head straight to London together with the LGCT general rating chief Max Kuhner, plus Edwina Tops-Alexander and Richard Vogel.

Different international showjumping stars heading to the capital are Malin Baryard-Johnsson, Olivier and Nicola Philippaerts and Christian Ahlmann.

Main British showjumpers

Among the many main British names bidding for achievement on house soil on the twelfth leg of the LGCT sequence in London are John Whitaker, newly topped younger rider European champion Olli Fletcher and Hickstead’s current King George V Gold Cup winner Donald Whitaker, with cousins Jack Whitaker and Robert Whitaker additionally finishing the line-up from the well-known showjumping dynasty.

Final yr’s winner of the LGCT of London grand prix was USA rider Jessica Springsteen.

H&H will likely be conserving you recent with all of the motion from the three-day present on-line, with a bumper report in subsequent week’s Horse & Hound journal, within the retailers on Thursday, 22 August.

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H&H showjumping editor

Jennifer is passionate at showjumping and her position as H&H’s showjumping editor has taken her around the globe reporting from exhibits and interviewing riders, connections and people concerned behind the scenes. Since becoming a member of H&H from BBC Sport in 2005, she has written on each topic throughout the equestrian sphere — from turnout rugs to steady administration — and has interviewed gold medallists, world champions and winners galore. She additionally has first-hand expertise of working within the equestrian business as a driving teacher and yard supervisor.