Tokyo 2020: Team Brazil takes sixth place in equestrian jumps

The Brazilian equestrian team finished sixth in showjumping Tokyo Games And the dream of winning a medal after Atlanta 1996 and Sydney 2000 were postponed to Paris 2024. The team formed by Marlon Zanotelli, who rode Edgar M; Yuri Mansour, mounted on Alphonse; Pedro Fiennes, with his horse Quabri de L Isle, lost 29 points and had a time of 244s01.

Gold went to Sweden, silver to the United States and bronze to Belgium.

Marlon Zanotelli was the first Brazilian to take part in the course. The team made three mistakes when dropping obstacles, losing 12 points, but completed the circuit in 79 seconds, 62, within 82 seconds.

At the end of the first pass, only the United States and Sweden took the shot, that is, they did nothing wrong, and appeared in front of the other teams. At that time, Brazil was in seventh place.

In the second pass, Yuri Mansour, rising over Alphonse, performed better, made a mistake, lost 4 points, and completed the course in about 81 seconds and 14 minutes. The rider replaced Rodrigo Pessoa. Yuri’s horse was in better shape compared to Pessoa’s.

At the end of the middle stage, France led with a loss of only two points, followed by Sweden, the United States and Belgium.

After a 20-minute break, the teams came back to pass the final and Pedro Venez with Quabri de L Isle didn’t cut a good lap. The group overthrew three obstacles and broke the time, and the Brazilian team added 29 points, which it lost in total. With Germany and the UK dropping out in the last round, Brazil finished sixth.

In contention for their second consecutive gold medal at the Olympics, France with the combination of Penelope Leprevost and Vancouver de Lanlore could make the mistake of taking the gold. In addition to knocking down an obstacle, he had two rejections and ended up leaving the race. Thus, Belgium inherited the bronze.

The title dispute went into a tie with Sweden and the United States, with a ring realignment break, 7 hurdles and a 44-second time limit. The Swedish groups were faster and took the gold. The United States repeated the Rio 2016 achievement and took the silver medal.