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Sydney 2000
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Judges'
Individual Marks
As Shown on Official Sydney Video
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Judges' individual marks for
each competitor by movement have been available since World Equestrian
Games in Rome.
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Grand Prix
15 of the 47 Grand Prix rides are shown in excerpts, usually
the best movements. Germany won the team gold medal, Netherlands
team Silver and USA barely edged Denmark for the team Bronze -- won by
the very last ride, Christine Traurig and Etienne. Bonfire
finished second to Gigolo, with Ferro third, Farbenfroh fourth, Chacomo
fifth.
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Grand Prix Special
9 of 25 Grand Prix Special rides are shown in excerpts. The top
15 riders with the highest combined scores from the Grand Prix and the
Grand Prix Special advanced to the Freestyle EXCEPT only three riders
per country could advance. Both the Netherlands and Germany had
all four of their competitors in the top 15. Germany's Ulla
Salzgeber and Alexandra Simmons de Ridder were tied with identical point
totals after the GP and GPS. The Chef d'Equipe had to determine
which rider would advance to the Freestyle and possibly which rider
would win an individual medal.
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Grand Prix Freestyle
8 of the 15 Grand Prix Freestyle rides are shown, four in
excerpts and the top five in total without commentary during the
ride. Anky van Grunsven and Bonfire WON their individual gold
medal with a record setting 86.05% -- they danced! Isabell Werth
and Gigolo won the silver and Ulla Salzgeber and Rusty -- with ice water
in their veins -- won the bronze after their CD quit midway through the
freestyle. They were allowed to return after the other riders and
finish their freestyle from the point where the music quit.
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Thanks to Margaret
Freeman, here's a sample of Sydney marks:
In glancing through the marks, I don't see any 10s in the Grand Prix and
Grand Prix Special (lots of 9s, though). In the freestyle, Bonfire has a 10
(Volker Moritz, Germany) and four 9s for the piaffe/passage transitions, a 10
(Jan Peeters, Netherlands), three 9s and an 8 for the right canter pirouette and a 10
(Jan Peeters, Netherlands), two 9.5s and two 9s for music. He also had three 5s in the collected walk and a 4
from Eric Lette, Sweden, on the extended walk. Rusty had a 10 (Jan
Peeters, Netherlands), one 9 and three 8s for the one tempis.
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