The individual championship test, grade II, para-equestrian dressage event at the 2024 Summer Paralympics was held on 3 September, 2024 at the Palace of Versailles in Paris.[1]
| Equestrian – Individual championship test, grade II at the XVII Paralympic Games | |||||||||||||
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 Fiona Howard on Diamond Dunes in her gold medal winning test. | |||||||||||||
| Venue | Palace of Versailles | ||||||||||||
| Date | 3 September 2024 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 9 from 8 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning score | 76.931 | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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The competition was assessed by a ground jury composed of five judges placed at locations designated E, H, C, M, and B. Each judge rated the competitors' performances with a percentage score. The five scores from the jury were then averaged to determine a rider's total percentage score.[2]
Classification
editGrade II[3] riders are described by the IPC as "athletes have either a severe impairment of the trunk and minimal impairment of the arms or moderate impairment of the trunk, arms, and legs". such athletes will commonly require a wheelchair in daily life.[4]
Results
editRiders performed one test apiece. In addition to being an event in its own right, the Championship test was the qualification round for the Freestyle event, with the top eight riders progressing to the second final. 22 Riders started the event.[5][6][7]
| Rank | Rider Horse |
Nation | Scores | Total | FSQ | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E | H | C | M | B | |||||
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Fiona Howard riding Diamond Dunes |
 United States (USA) |
77.414 | 76.379 | 75.690 | 78.621 | 76.552 | 76.931 | Q |
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Katrine Kristensen riding Goerklintgaards |
 Denmark (DEN) |
76.034 | 72.069 | 73.276 | 74.483 | 73.966 | 73.966 | Q |
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Georgia Wilson riding Sakura |
 Great Britain (GBR) |
75.000 | 72.759 | 73.276 | 73.103 | 72.931 | 73.414 | Q |
| 4 | Heidemarie Dresing riding Dooloop |
 Germany (GER) |
71.724 | 73.966 | 70.517 | 73.103 | 76.207 | 73.103 | Q |
| 5 | Pepo Puch riding Sailor's Blue |
 Austria (AUT) |
75.000 | 70.000 | 72.759 | 73.103 | 73.103 | 72.793 | Q |
| 6 | Roberta Sheffield riding Fairuza |
 Canada (CAN) |
69.655 | 70.862 | 68.448 | 70.345 | 72.414 | 70.345 | Q |
| 7 | Bridget Murphy riding Penmain Promise |
 Australia (AUS) |
66.724 | 66.379 | 66.552 | 66.552 | 67.414 | 66.724 | Q |
| 8 | Sho Inaba riding Huzette BH |
 Japan (JPN) |
60.000 | 61.897 | 62.069 | 66.379 | 58.448 | 61.759 | Q |
| 9 | Soshi Yoshigoe riding Cleverboy |
Japan (JPN) |
62.586 | 62.586 | 60.345 | 61.724 | 61.379 | 61.724 | |
References
edit- ^ Paris 2024 : Paraequestrian - Schedule
- ^ Results book
- ^ Paris 2024 : Para Equestrian : Classification
- ^ FEI Classification of Para-events
- ^ "Individual Event - Grade II medal results - Paris Paralympics 2024". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2024-10-12.
- ^ "FEI : Para equestrian results : Paris 2024". FEI.org.
- ^ "Paris 2024 : Para - Equestrian : Results Championship Grade II" (PDF). Olympic.org.