Am 5. August wurde der Countdown gestartet: Genau in einem Jahr werden die Olympischen Spiele in Rio eröffnet. Der Pferdesport blickt dann zurück auf 104 Jahre als olympische Disziplin.
Die weltbesten Pferdesportler und Pferde werden im Olympischen Zentrum in Deodoro in den Sparten Vielseitigkeit, Dressur und Springen 12 Tage lang um Medaillen kämpfen.

Wie gewohnt wird die Vielseitigkeit den Anfang machen. Während der ‚Test-Event‘, der am 6. August beginnt, nur für brasilianische Teilnehmer ausgeschrieben ist, werden von 5. – 21. August 2016 dann insgesamt 10.300 Athleten in Rio erwartet.

“Die Olympischen SPiele 2016 in Rio beginnen in einem Jahr“, sagt FEI Director, Eventing & Olympic, Catrin Norinder.“Die Sportstätten in Deodoro sind beeindruckend und wir sind alle sehr gespannt wie der Test-Event verlaufen wird. Wir freuen uns schon sehr auf die Spiele in Rio 2016 und beobachten mit Interesse und Spannung die Qualifikations Turniere auf der ganzen Welt.“

Fakten
Mannschaften aus zehn Nationen haben sich im Springen bereits qualifiziert, sechs in der Dressur. Die nächste Qualifikationsmöglichkeit in Europa sind die Europameisterschaften in Aachen, die am 11. August beginnen.
Acht Teams sind bereits fix in der Vielseitigkeit qualifiziert, deren FEI Europameisterschaften von 10.-13. September in Blair Castle über die Bühen gehen.

Pferdesport im Deodoro Olympic Park
Der Deodoro Olympic Park ist die zweitgrößte der olympischen veranstaltunsstätten. Die insgesamt neun Arenen werden folgende Disziplinen beherbergen: basketball, BMX, canoe slalom, fencing, hockey, modern pentathlon, mountain biking, rugby sevens, shooting und the Paralympic sports of wheelchair fencing, Football 7-a-side and shooting alongside Jumping, Dressage, Eventing, and Para-Equestrian Dressage: www.rio2016.org/en/the-games/map-of-the-venues-0

Rio 2016 Olympic Games – qualifizierte Nationen
Brasilien ist als Gastgeberland austomatisch als Team qualifiziert.
Hier finden Sie immer aktuell die Liste der qualifizierten Teilnehmer. http://fei.org/fei/games/olympic/rio-2016

Derzeit qualifizierte Teams:  
Springen: Argentina, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Sweden, Ukraine, USA, Qatar
Dressur: Australia, Brazil, Germany, Great Britain, Netherlands, USA
Vielseitigkeit: Australia, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Great Britain, Ireland, Netherlands, USA

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Rio 2016 wichtige links
“365 Days ‘Til Heros Are Made”: https://goo.gl/0H6Sti
www.rio2016.com/en/the-games/olympic
https://twitter.com/rio2016_en
www.facebook.com/rio2016
www.youtube.com/rio2016
https://instagram.com/rio2016

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Today marks the one-year countdown to the Opening Ceremony of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, where equestrian sport will celebrate 104 years in the Olympic movement at the first Games to be held in South America.
The world’s best horses and riders will compete for medals in the Olympic disciplines of Eventing, Dressage and Jumping over 12 days of intense competition at the Olympic Equestrian Centre at Deodoro.

The Rio 2016 Olympic equestrian action gets underway the day after the Opening Ceremony on 5 August. As always, Eventing opens the Olympic equestrian sport, and it is Eventing that features in the Aquece Rio (“Warm Up Rio”) test event, which starts tomorrow.

While this week’s test event is limited to Brazilian horses, a total of 200 equestrian athletes will join 10,300 athletes from 206 National Olympic Committees at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, which run from 5-21 August with 19 days of world-class sport.

“The world’s biggest sporting event is now just a year away,” FEI Director, Eventing & Olympic, Catrin Norinder said. “Our venue at Deodoro is absolutely stunning and we’re all set for this week’s test event, now that we’ve marked the one-year countdown to the Games. We’re all really looking forward to seeing equestrian sport, one of the only Olympic sports in which men and women compete against each other and which involves two athletes, the horse and the rider, at Rio 2016. The road to Rio is now a major focus in our sport, with qualifying events ongoing around the world.”

Rio-bound
Ten nations have so far qualified Jumping teams for Rio, with six nations through for Dressage. The next major opportunity for European nations to qualify for the Jumping and Dressage at Rio 2016 will be the FEI European Championships at Aachen (GER), which starts in just six days (11 August).

Eight nations have already booked their team Eventing slots for Rio, and all eyes are next on the Longines FEI European Eventing Championships at Blair Castle on 10-13 September. This event, which takes place in the grounds of Scotland’s most-visited castle, forms part of UK Sport’s £40 million National Lottery funded events programme, which is helping to build a strong legacy from the London 2012 Olympic Games and the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games.

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“Rio de Janeiro will be the focus of the sporting world’s attention next year, when it becomes the first South American city to host the Olympic and Paralympic Games,” FEI President Ingmar De Vos said.

“Staged in one of the most culturally diverse countries in the world, the Games are going to be really spectacular. Rio will be making full use of its world-famous landmarks, just as London did, and equestrian sport will be rubbing shoulders with other exciting sports at Deodoro, including basketball, fencing, hockey, mountain biking, BMX, canoe slalom and rugby sevens.

“We are experiencing massive growth in equestrian sport around the world, and Rio will be our perfect platform, putting equestrian in the limelight at the greatest sporting event on the planet.”

Share Equestrian’s 1 Year To Go video: “365 Days ‘Til Heros Are Made”: https://goo.gl/0H6Sti

Equestrian at Deodoro Olympic Park
The Deodoro Olympic Park is the second largest Rio 2016 Games cluster. Deodoro’s nine venues will host the Olympic sports of basketball, BMX, canoe slalom, fencing, hockey, modern pentathlon, mountain biking, rugby sevens, shooting and the Paralympic sports of wheelchair fencing, Football 7-a-side and shooting alongside Jumping, Dressage, Eventing, and Para-Equestrian Dressage: www.rio2016.org/en/the-games/map-of-the-venues-0

Rio 2016 Olympic Games – qualified nations
Brazil, as host nation, earns automatic team qualification for Rio 2016. Full details on qualified nations will be updated at http://fei.org/fei/games/olympic/rio-2016 (see “Qualification System” link per discipline).

The following nations have so far qualified team spots for Rio 2016:
Jumping: Argentina, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Sweden, Ukraine, USA, Qatar
Dressage: Australia, Brazil, Germany, Great Britain, Netherlands, USA
Eventing: Australia, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Great Britain, Ireland, Netherlands, USA

The remaining equestrian team places at Rio 2016 will be decided at continental qualifiers, while individual places will be decided according to world rankings. All athletes competing at the Games must obtain the minimum eligibility requirements.

Rio 2016 useful links
www.rio2016.com/en/the-games/olympic
https://twitter.com/rio2016_en
www.facebook.com/rio2016
www.youtube.com/rio2016
https://instagram.com/rio2016

Quelle: Pressemeldung / Übersetzung © EQUESTRIAN WORLDWIDE – EQWO.net