Ros Canter’s penalties on Olympics cross-country section upheld

The 15 penalties awarded to Ros Canter and Lordships Graffalo throughout their Paris Olympics cross-country spherical as anchors for the British staff within the Olympic eventing competitors have been upheld following a overview by officers, it has been confirmed.

Ros and the 12-year-old gelding, owned by Archie and Michele Saul, with whom she received Badminton in 2022, plus staff and particular person gold at final 12 months’s European Eventing Championships, seemed to have jumped a silky clean cross-country clear, ending seven seconds contained in the time. Nonetheless, they have been deemed to have missed a flag at fence 21d, a triple brush on the ultimate ingredient of The Whimsical Woods, on Pierre Le Goupil’s observe.

Ros and the British camp have been “assured” that the Olympics cross-country penalties could be eliminated as soon as the official video footage was studied, nevertheless this has confirmed to not be the case.

Following her spherical, Ros stated: “I touched a flag popping out of the triple brushes within the woods, however I’d by no means have imagined that I didn’t leap the leap. I didn’t come again and assume I’d achieved something however go clear contained in the time, so hopefully the penalties will likely be eliminated.”

Fence 21d, the ultimate ingredient of The Whimsical Woods, the place Ros Canter was given 15 penalties

Crucially, even with 15 penalties connected to Ros’ rating, Britain stays on the high of the staff leaderboard after the Olympics cross-country day on a rating of 82.5. France are snapping at their heels in silver on 87.2, which can make tomorrow’s medal-deciding showjumping rounds extremely tense.

Ros scored 23.4 within the dressage and, had she remained penalty-free throughout nation, would now sit in fifth individually. As issues now stand, she is on 38.4 in twenty fourth.

It’s price noting that the proposed change of format for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics may even see cross-country as the ultimate section within the staff competitors and this kind of prolonged overview must be ironed out if eventing is to complete on this section. It was six-and-a-half hours between in the present day’s cross-country concluding and this determination being dominated – an extended await staff medals to be determined won’t wash in 4 years’ time.

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