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STORM BREWS OVER FEI’S OLYMPIC FORMAT CHANGES
By Pippa Cuckson
The world’s top show jumping riders have slammed the FEI for “disrespecting” them and treating them like “clowns,” as controversy about the three-to-a-team format for the Olympic Games continues.
Only 11 of the 134 national federations eligible to vote opposed the Olympic format changes at last month’s FEI General Assembly in Tokyo, but the International Jumping Riders Club (IJRC) still wanted answers.
The club’s annual meeting during Geneva show on December 9th was dominated by the Olympic changes, and also the re-vamp of the World Equestrian Games, of which riders said they were unaware until reading about it in the media a few days earlier.
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http://www.horse-canada.com/horse-news/storm-brews-over-feis-olympic-format-changes/
The world’s top show jumping riders have slammed the FEI for “disrespecting” them and treating them like “clowns,” as controversy about the three-to-a-team format for the Olympic Games continues.
Only 11 of the 134 national federations eligible to vote opposed the Olympic format changes at last month’s FEI General Assembly in Tokyo, but the International Jumping Riders Club (IJRC) still wanted answers.
The club’s annual meeting during Geneva show on December 9th was dominated by the Olympic changes, and also the re-vamp of the World Equestrian Games, of which riders said they were unaware until reading about it in the media a few days earlier.
Read more on:
http://www.horse-canada.com/horse-news/storm-brews-over-feis-olympic-format-changes/