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31-year-old German Annika schleu For a long time he dominated the modern pentathlon of the Tokyo Olympics and almost no one doubted his victory.
Before the riding match, A. Schleu had even a 24-second advantage over the closest pursuer. The German was able to afford to knock down 3 obstacles and still have started the combined match first. The spell led A. Schleu to ride the horse “Saint Boy”, which got off to a very poor start – the Russian finished Gulnaz Gubaydullinos performance.
A. Schleu, who was eagerly awaiting his departure, always tried to find common ground with the horse, but did not listen to the athlete at all. Schleu tried to agree with the judges that they would allow him to change horses, but they were ruthless. According to the rules, the horse can be changed, they refused to dance on the obstacle 4 times before, but during the performance of G. Gubaidulina the horse did it “only” 3 times. The Saint Boy was subsequently inspected by a veterinarian, who assured him that the horse was physically ready to jump obstacles.
Finally, it is time for A. Schleu to act. Before the start, the athlete could not calm the horse in any way and began to feel that something was wrong and that the gold was slipping from her hands. Emotions overwhelmed the German, she began to shed tears and tried to calm the horse by lashing it with the whip. Schleu finally got the match started, but the show didn’t last long. The horse soon stopped asking the German again, was left with 0 points in this match and lost hope of fighting not only for gold, but even for a place in the top 30.
“I was not making mistakes in preparation for the start, only the horse did not want to listen to me. Even before the start of the game, I felt that something was wrong and I was already upset, ”said A. Schleu.
The German trainer then urged the student to whip the frightened horse with a whip, but this did not help, and outraged horse lovers on Twitter began to criticize A. Schleu for the cruel treatment of the animal.
This is absolute cruelty to animals and should be prohibited! Gross.
In the Olympic Pentathlon, the horse did not want what the rider wanted and simply lost it completely. Horrible scenes, this part of the competition should be completely abolished. https://t.co/xXYkg1NBjq– Nadine (@nadine_ansorg) August 6, 2021
“Get it right”
This is so fucking sick. I’m sitting here crying like trash because I don’t understand how people can do something like that just for money or pride. Thank goodness his career is over. Something has been done against the practice of an equestrian sport like that#Schleu #Olympic Games #Animal cruelty pic.twitter.com/Qy76v9A19I– 🤠 (@louIsASmollBean) August 6, 2021
I am shaking and literally crying at work watching the videos of how the German “pilot” #Schleu abused that horse in the #Olympic Games
– alyx (@charclado) August 6, 2021
I was shocked, angry, dismayed.
Amazing. If humans want to compete, that’s fine. But leave out the poor animals who have nothing to say in this !! #Olympic Games– Sunny (@SunnyTailor) August 6, 2021
“It just came to our knowledge then. It will take me a long time to recover. It all started out wonderfully and then I found myself in a situation that I have never been in in my career,” said A. Schleu.
After this final, the German Olympic Committee appealed to the International Modern Pentathlon Federation to change the rules of the equestrian competition. Under current rules, pentathletes win horses by lottery and have very little time to get to know them. This significantly increases the risk of failure and poses a threat to both horses and athletes.
She won silver Laura Asadauskaitė After such a failure, she felt sorry for her opponent: “Today everything happened, the German athlete had bad luck, although she reached the Olympic record in fencing and would definitely give her a gold medal.”
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