Who is show jumping at the olympics

The individual medals were awarded on 4 August with the team medals presented on 7 August. Check out our helpful guide explaining how to replay the Olympic showjumping action. Countries have selected their Olympic showjumping teams so we now know who will be riding in Tokyo, including who has been selected for the British Olympic showjumping team. The new Olympic team showjumping format of just three riders will make the competition more difficult to predict, but Belgium, Germany and the USA are among the favourites for the podium in the team competition while you can also expect France, Netherlands, Switzerland and Great Britain to be in the race for a medal.

Yes, Great Britain will be heading to Tokyo with ambitions of bringing home both team and individual medals in the Olympic showjumping competition. Find out more by reading our Olympic showjumping medal predictions. There will be both team and individual medals up for grabs in Tokyo, with the individual medals being decided first.

All riders will compete in a one round competition on 3 August, then the top 30 go forward to the next round on 4 August. All riders will start this round on a zero score. There will be a jump off if there is a tie for medals. Riders in the jump-off had 45 seconds to complete the course.

Maher is Britain's second straight Olympic champion in the event, following Nick Skelton who won gold in Rio. Malin Baryard-Johnsson, another of the three Swedish riders to qualify for the jump-off, was looking to become the first female Olympic champion in a discipline in which men and women compete against each other. She finished fifth in the jump-off in a time of Canada's Mario Deslauriers, aboard Bardolina 2, did not qualify for the jump-off, having completed their ride in the final with 13 penalties, including coming in five-tenths of a second over time.

He finished the competition in 22nd place. Deslauriers, 56, was Canada's only rider in the competition, and Canada will not compete in the team jumping competition later this week. A variety of newsletters you'll love, delivered straight to you. Pseudonyms will no longer be permitted. By submitting a comment, you accept that CBC has the right to reproduce and publish that comment in whole or in part, in any manner CBC chooses.

The Enfield-born equestrian began riding when he was eight, had serious back surgery in , and may have been unable to compete in the Tokyo Games at all if they had not been postponed. He has been paired with Explosion — widely considered to be one of the best horses in the world, and known affectionately as the BFG — since Due to get married to the US showjumper Sophie Gracida, Maher acknowledged that he already has one life partner.

The jumping team finals are on Saturday with qualifying taking place on Friday. This article is more than 3 months old.