GENEVA, SWITZERLAND -Alvaro de Miranda of Brazil riding AD Ashleigh Drossel Dan took maximum points in Geneva Sunday 11 December in the series final of the Rolex FEI World Cup Jumping, Western European League event.
The crowd had their money’s worth watching the 38-year-old rider and his 13-year-old gelding, in the second-round race against the clock, “a thriller in which the lead changed again and again”, according to the FEI.
Rolf-Goran Bengtsson from Sweden, the 2011 European Champion, was runner-up and Patrice Delaveau from France riding Orient Express was third. Sunday’s results have strengthened Bengtsson’s position at the top of the series, but Miranda, in 18th place, is now reportedly looking for a spot at the Rolex FEI World Cup™ Jumping 2011/2012 final in The Netherlands next April.
For four days, the public can discover several equestrian disciplines including jumping and gymkhana.
Location: Avenches, Switzerland
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Start date: 15 Sep 2011
End date: 18 Sep 2011
William Fox-Pitt, Britain, made history with a record sixth Burghley victory when winning on Parklane Hawk with just a single jumping time penalty to add to his dressage score (Photo, ©2011 Kit Houghton/FEI)
Stamford, UK – British rider William Fox-Pitt “earned a standing ovation from the rain-soaked crowd as he clinched a record sixth title at the Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials, second-last leg of the HSBC FEI Classics”, according to FEI, the Lausanne-based international equestrian sports federation.
He has now overtaken Britain’s Ginny Elliot and Mark Todd of New Zealand, who each have five Burghley victories to their names, and he has equalled fellow Brit Lucinda Green’s Badminton record of six wins on six different horses.
Fox-Pitt, 42, has been a member of the British team since 1993. He has won Olympic team silver (2004) and bronze (2008) medals, world team gold, silver and bronze, plus individual silver in 2010 on Cool Mountain.
Anti-doping agency appeals Spanish court ruling on cyclist Contador
Rowing to Lausanne, home to many of the world's sports federations
Update 30 March Lauanne, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Lausanne’s role as an international centre for sports organizations has been highlighted in recent days with a number of decisions taken in the city at the “other” end of Lake Geneva.
The city has been much in the sports world news in recent months as doping decisions in several sports, notably cycling, have gone to Cas (Court for Arbitration in Sport). Last week the Union Cycliste Iternationale said it will contest a decision made by the Spanish cycling union to clear Alberto Contador of doping in 2010.
Contador won the Tour de France four days after testing positive, but he argued that it was due to eating contaminated meat, reports Bloomberg.
Sports Illustrated reports 30 March that Wada, the World Anti-Doping Agency based in Lausanne, has also appealed to Cas to overturn the Spanish ruling, and that Cas aims to hear the appeals and make a decision before the next Tour de France cycling race in July.
Other Lausanne decisions include:
- SportAwards has announced the shortlist for its various Spirit of Sports awards that commend athletes and sports organizations for commitment and humanitarian spirit, to those who have made an exceptional and lasting contribution “to using sport as a tool for positive social change”; the awards are handed out 8 April (Sports Features)
- The international equestrian federation, FEI, was scheduled to have a vote on reorganizing what many consider its too heavy structure at an extraordinary general meeting 15 May, but country federations have said they need more time to study the proposals and the meeting will now be used only to discuss changes; a move to reduce the 19-person bureau with a smaller board failed in 2009 (Horse and Hound)
- The IOC’s (International Olympic Committee) Swiss director general Urs Lacotte is retiring 31 March for health reasons; he has been responsible for the IOC’s administrative side (USA Today)
- China’s “impressive tally” of 12 medals at the Fina/Midea Diving World Series 2011 sealed their dominance of the sport, with European countries together winning 8 medals, at Beijing’s Water Cube (Swimming World Magazine)
- Also in swimming, Lubos Krizko, 31-year-old Slovakian who twice won at the Olympics, has been banned by Fina for two years after he failed a doping test, for taking tamoxifin, a drug used to treat breast cancer but sometimes used to hide the side effects of steroids (AP)
- The International Figure-skating Union announced 24 March that it is moving the world championships from Japan to Moscow and rescheduling them for 24 April following the earthquake in Japan (Bloomberg).
Lausanne, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The world governing body for horse sports, the FEI, inaugurates its new head office in Lausanne in early May, but before then it will do another kind of housecleaning. The national equestrian federations that are members of the FEI will be voting on a new structure in coming weeks, which is sparking debate in the horse world over whether or not the new statutes ensure that national members are fully represented.
The FEI was created in Lausanne in 1921, but equestrian sports will soon celebrate the centenary of their participation in the Olympic Games, with the first in 1912.
The new headquarters in the city centre were purchased by the federation’s president, HRH Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein of Jordan, and other donors and are currently being refurbished. The FEI is now on Avenue Rumine and will be moving to Chemin des Delices, near the Delices metro stop.
Title: Equestrian world cup
Location: Geneva
The Rolex FEI World Cup and the FEI World Cup Driving final take place in Geneva during four days.
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Start Date: 2010-04-14
End Date: 2010-04-18
The competition for the members of the Swiss Jockey Club 2008 saw over 84 riders compete (photo, ©SJ, 2008)
Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Equestrian fever has arrived in Geneva with the opening of the 48th international show jumping. The four-day event began today, 11 December, at 08:00 with a national competition. It was followed by the opening ceremony that included over 2,000 students. The event continues until 14 December.
Title: Equestrian competitions & exhibit
Location: Palexpo, Geneva
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Start Date: 11 Dec 2008
End Date: 14 Dec 2008
