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OLYMPIC FORMAT CHANGE: IT ISN’T OVER YET...
by Pippa Cuckson
It’s not over till the fat lady sings.The jumping riders are not going to take the controversial Olympic format changes lying down, whatever the vote of the FEI General Assembly last month.
At the end of a sometimes heated couple of hours at Geneva show on Friday morning, the FEI offered to meet a jumpers’ delegation in the New Year to discuss how riders can be more directly engaged in rule change.
Word is now spreading that it may not yet be too late to undo at least some decisions of the “suits” that so many feel will kill top sport.
read more on:
http://www.horse-canada.com/blogs/olympic-format-change-it-isnt-over-yet/
It’s not over till the fat lady sings.The jumping riders are not going to take the controversial Olympic format changes lying down, whatever the vote of the FEI General Assembly last month.
At the end of a sometimes heated couple of hours at Geneva show on Friday morning, the FEI offered to meet a jumpers’ delegation in the New Year to discuss how riders can be more directly engaged in rule change.
Word is now spreading that it may not yet be too late to undo at least some decisions of the “suits” that so many feel will kill top sport.
read more on:
http://www.horse-canada.com/blogs/olympic-format-change-it-isnt-over-yet/