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ARAB
GAMES DOHA 2011 - EQUESTRIAN JUMPING |
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21/12/2012
esmtoday - Doha, Qatar
Source: FEI |
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Showjumping Team Competition
Final Results
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Kingdom of Saudi Arabia claimed Jumping team gold,
but it was no walk in the park as the competition
came down to a four-nation jump-off against the
clock in which Egypt clinched the silver ahead of
Qatar in bronze while the UAE finished just outside
the medals.
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Four
Nations finished both identical rounds all on clear.
A 16
horse jump off started by Abdel Said first to go in
the ring riding for Egypt. Abdel was very fast 37.81
seconds.
Ahmed
Tolba went next and finished with one down. Nael
Nassar rode a super clear safe round.
Last to
go was the Egyptian Olympian Karim El Zoghby who
rode a super easy fast clear round to bring Egypt
the Silver medal once again by total time 118
seconds, 2 seconds slower than the Total Saudi time
116 sec. |
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A total of eight countries lined out in the Nations Cup
which took place on Wednesday, and after the first two
rounds of jumping over the course designed by Belgium's
Luc Musette, there was a four-way tie on a zero score.
All four riders from each team therefore jumped once
again, and although Saudi Arabia's HRH Prince Abdullah
Al Saud and Senorita picked up eight faults this time
out, his team-mates Prince Faisal, Kamal Bahamdan, and
Olympic individual bronze medallist Khaled Al Eid (Von
Hoeve) - whose record in the Arab Games is quite
remarkable - stayed clear and fast to record the
quickest combined time of 116.17 seconds. However this
was only just over two seconds better than the 118.55
registered by the Egyptians whose Abdelkader Said (Duc
de Mariposa), Nayel Nassar (Raging Bull Vangelis S) and
Karim El Zoghby (Jument Dufee) were foot-perfect while
Ahmed Tolba (Splendor) collected just four faults. The
team from Qatar was almost four seconds further adrift
when taking the bronze, as Mubarak Al Rumaihi (LB
Casanova) left a fence on the floor while Sheikh Ali Al
Thani (Sieshof's Abraskas), Faleh Al Ajami (Logo 28) and
Ali Rumaihi (Ravenna) all kept a clean sheet. The UAE,
meanwhile, had to add the four-fault result from Sheikh
Shakhboot Al Nehayan (Valentino Valia) to the clears
from both Sheika Latifa Al Maktoum (Peanuts De Beaufour)
and Nadia Taryam (Larina) and this kept them out of the
medals. As Sheika Latifa said afterwards however
"that's the sport, and it is the beauty of it. We
tried, but it was too difficult".
Winning Saudi Arabian team-member Khaled Al Eid said
of his horse, Van Hoeve, "everything I asked him, he did
today. The Arab Games are always very important, and
the pressure here is heavier than at some 5-Star Grands
Prix!". Egypt's Karim El Zoghby was delighted with his
team silver medal. "I am very proud of my team. It was
real team work to get the medal and we had a very young
team - apart from me!. To have a jump-off with four
teams is amazing. At the Arab Games it was always one
or maybe two teams (in contention), and now we have four
in the jump-off. That is a big improvement. Some time
soon we may even have six teams on an equal level. That
is great" he commented. And French Olympic rider, Herve
Godignon, who coaches the UAE's Sheikh Shakhboot Al
Nehayan, added, "Arab countries have progressed so
much. They ride like every other country in the world
now" he pointed out. |
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Egyptian Team Performance at the jump off
A 16
horse jump off started by Abdel Said first to go in
the ring riding for Egypt. Abdel was very fast 37.81
seconds.
Ahmed
Tolba went next and finished with one down. Nael
Nassar rode a super clear safe round.
Last to
go was the Egyptian Olympian Karim El Zoghby who
rode a super easy fast clear round to bring Egypt
the Silver medal once again by total time 118
seconds, 2 seconds slower than the Total Saudi time
116 sec.
Congratulations for Saudi Arabian Team, the Egyptian
Team and the Qatari team |
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In this
photo: Karim El Zoghby riding Duffee jumping clear in
the jump off this evening |
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Jumping Team:
GOLD - KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA 116.17, Aphrodite van
het Texel (Prince Faisal Al Shalan), Senorita (HRH
Prince Abdullah Al Saud), Noblesse des Tess (Kamal
Bahamdan), Van Hoeve (Khaled Al Eid);
SILVER - EGYPT 118.55, Duc de Mariposa (Abdelkader
Said), Splendor (Ahmed Tolba), Raging Bull Vangelis (Nayel
Nassar), Jument Dufee (Karim El Zoghby);
BRONZE - QATAR 122.14, Sieshof's Abraskas (Sheika Ali
Al Thani), LB Casanova (Mubarak Al Rumaihi), Logo (Faleh
Al Ajami), Ravenna (Ali Al Rumaihi).
For Full Results:
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