{"id":51366,"date":"2026-08-17T00:27:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-16T22:27:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sohorse.eu\/?p=51366"},"modified":"2026-08-17T00:40:41","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T22:40:41","slug":"belgique-los-angeles-2028-complet-aix-la-chapelle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sohorse.eu\/en\/aachen-2026\/2026\/08\/17\/belgique-los-angeles-2028-complet-aix-la-chapelle\/","title":{"rendered":"Aachen, Jung and the Belgians: Suspense to the very end"},"content":{"rendered":"

It took a great stadium to bring these Eventing World Championships to a close. Aachen had one. It also took nerves, horses still fresh enough, and a few discreet prayers in front of Frank Rothenberger\u2019s verticals. Michael Jung gave Germany the perfect script with fischerChipmunk FRH. Great Britain continued collecting team gold. Three French riders finished in the Top 10 and Andrew Hoy, at 67, once again refused to grow old. And a little further down the standings, three Belgians secured what they had come for: a ticket to Los Angeles 2028. Champagne compulsory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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There are Sundays when the show jumping simply confirms what the first two days had already told us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And then there are Sundays when you need to hide your shaking hands. You have understood what kind of Sunday this was.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Fifty-nine combinations, thirteen fences, sixteen efforts, 91 seconds allowed and an immense Main Stadium that already looks like an equestrian cathedral when empty. So with a world title and seven Olympic tickets to hand out, let\u2019s just say the atmosphere had very little left in common with a quiet Sunday morning course walk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Only thirteen combinations, 22% of the starters, managed to jump clear inside the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Frank Rothenberger had not put up standards just to decorate the grass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Jung, Chipmunk and the almost too-perfect script<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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Michael Jung<\/strong> entered last.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Obviously.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because a World Championship at home, in Aachen, with fischerChipmunk FRH in the lead and Rosalind Canter four tenths behind, could not decently end in the anonymity of mid-table.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The German could not afford a rail. Chipmunk touched two.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They stayed in the cups. When the Germanic gods decide to join in too\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The rest belongs to that fairly rare category of moments when an entire stadium understands exactly what it has just seen before the result is even displayed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Clear round. Still on 23.0 points. World champion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Rosalind Canter and Lordships Graffalo finished second on 23.4 points. Laura Collett and London 52 completed the podium on 28.0.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And Jung could finally breathe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00ab\u00a0He was jumping incredibly well. Normally, a double of verticals at the end of the course is not really what Chipmunk prefers, but he was fantastic. And you also need a little bit of luck on your side.<\/em>.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That little extra bit of luck, Aachen saw it pass by when the rails shook without falling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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But reducing this new coronation to a few kindly cups would obviously be rather bold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because fischerChipmunk FRH finished these World Championships exactly on his dressage score: 23.0 points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The lowest winning score in an Eventing World Championship since 1980.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And for Michael Jung, this is a fifth individual gold medal won at the Olympic Games or a World Championship. Since his first world title in Kentucky in 2010, nine global championships have been contested.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jung has won five of them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A slight trend is beginning to emerge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cI am speechless. Chipmunk is incredible. He does an excellent dressage test, he is fast across the country and he jumps like a showjumper: careful, powerful and athletic. It is a dream to ride him.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At 18, fischerChipmunk FRH adds yet another line to a record that was already starting to run seriously short of space. Reigning Olympic champion, double individual European silver medallist in 2019 and 2025, he also erases an old memory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pratoni 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jung and he had gone into the final show jumping in the lead before seeing the title slip away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Four years later, at home, no rail fell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sometimes, history has a fairly decent sense of scriptwriting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00ab\u00a0\u201cAachen is always very special. It is something huge to experience this in your own country. Having all the disciplines together makes the event even more special. There is so much adrenaline and the stadium has an incredible atmosphere. I was really emotional at the end.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It would take less than that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Great Britain, again and Always<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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In the team competition, the British had started the week in front.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They finished it in front.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So much for suspense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Laura Collett, Rosalind Canter, Gemma Stevens and Tom McEwen gave Great Britain another world title with 84.0 points, ahead of Germany (95.6) and the United States (113.5).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And the British did not just win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They set a record.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Their 84.0 points are the best final score ever recorded by a team at a World Championship or Olympic Games, beating the 86.3 points already achieved by Great Britain in Tokyo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tom McEwen and JL Dublin had opened the final British phase with four faults. Laura Collett and London 52 then added 4.4 points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then Rosalind Canter and Lordships Graffalo produced the clear round.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Job done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Since Tryon 2018, Great Britain has won four of the five team titles awarded at the Olympic Games or World Championships: Tryon 2018, Tokyo 2020, Paris 2024 and now Aachen 2026.\ns<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Only Pratoni 2022 escaped them, with a fourth place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At this level, it is not even a golden generation anymore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is a subscription.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Canter, four tenths and a year like no other<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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In the end, was missing four tiny tenths to Rosalind Canter<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Four tenths after a dressage test, a cross-country and a show jumping round.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In other words, nothing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Or far too much when a certain Michael Jung decides not to add a single point to his score.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With Lordships Graffalo<\/strong>, second on 23.4 points, the Briton still leaves Aachen with individual silver and team gold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another line on the record of the horse she simply calls Walter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00ab\u00a0It feels very, very special. We know that Walter is on his way to becoming one of the best horses of all time. Every time I ride him in an atmosphere like this, the pressure builds. But I had a really good plan today. I know we have already won a lot, but I feel like I get to know him better each time. He is simply the most wonderful horse there is.<\/em>\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But behind the sporting performance, this medal carries a much more intimate dimension.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Canter\u2019s year has been marked by two major events: the birth of her child and the death of her father.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00ab\u00a0This year has been full of highs and lows for our family. We lost my dad, I had a baby and everything happened very quickly. At the start of the week, everything was a bit of a blur, to be honest. I struggled to really get into the competition.<\/em>\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Then the championship did its work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The days passed, the standings tightened, and the British machine started working again the way it knows so well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00ab\u00a0The further the competition went, the more impossible it became not to be swept up by the excitement. Not just because we are here, but because we are part of Team GB. The atmosphere within the team is incredible.\u00a0<\/em>\u00bb<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With two medals around her neck, the fog from the start of the week had had plenty of time to lift.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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London 52, horse of a lifetime<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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Right behind, Laura Collett<\/strong> took bronze with London 52.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And there too, simply calling him a championship horse is starting to feel seriously reductive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00ab\u00a0He is absolutely the horse of a lifetime. Just to have been able to go to all the places he has taken me\u2026 To compete at a World Championship in Aachen was already a dream. And to leave here with two medals\u2026<\/em>\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n\n\n\n

London 52 now has a record that Collett herself seems to struggle to recite without needing to take a breath: European team gold, two Olympic team titles and several individual medals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00ab\u00a0Il y a dix ans, lorsque je l\u2019ai achet\u00e9, je n\u2019aurais jamais, jamais pu r\u00eaver qu\u2019il accomplirait ne serait-ce que la moiti\u00e9 de tout ce qu\u2019il a r\u00e9alis\u00e9. Il adore le public et il adore se produire sur les plus grandes sc\u00e8nes.<\/em>\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Aachen had offered him a fairly decent one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And London 52, as so often, did not exactly look like he wanted to go home quietly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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No French Team left, but three french riders in the top 10<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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The French, for their part, lived through a much stranger championship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There was no longer a French team in contention after the withdrawal of\u00a0Diabolo Menthe<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No team ranking possible anymore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But individually, the three French riders still in the competition produced a very nice group effort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And even a three out of three in the Top 10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Gaspard Maksud <\/strong>and Zaragoza II<\/strong>\u00a0delivered the best French performance with a superb fifth place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Astier Nicolas <\/strong>and Alertamalib\u2019Or<\/strong>\u00a0finished eighth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And\u00a0Alexis Goury <\/strong>and Je\u2019Vall<\/strong>\u00a0took tenth place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No team, then.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But three French riders among the ten best combinations at a World Championship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are far less elegant ways to save your Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Andrew Hoy, 67 and still unaware that he is supposed to age<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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Between those French riders slipped a gentleman who seems to have decided that the usual rules about age do not really apply to him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Andrew Hoy. 67 years old. Sixth in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can read that sentence again. It still works.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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With Vassily de Lassos<\/strong>the Australian finished on 31.7 points.<\/strong>After a dressage score of 26.9, he added only 4.8 time penalties on the cross before jumping clear in the show jumping.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At 67, most people maybe watch eventing on television.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Andrew Hoy finished sixth in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Everyone has their own Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Huiti\u00e8mes\u2026 et pourtant direction Los Angeles<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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Et puis, derri\u00e8re les m\u00e9dailles, il y avait une autre comp\u00e9tition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Peut-\u00eatre m\u00eame plus importante pour certaines nations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Les sept meilleures \u00e9quipes du championnat, \u00c9tats-Unis exclus puisque d\u00e9j\u00e0 qualifi\u00e9s comme pays organisateur des Jeux de Los Angeles, repartaient d\u2019Aix avec leur qualification olympique.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Grande-Bretagne. Allemagne. Irlande. Suisse. Nouvelle-Z\u00e9lande. Su\u00e8de. Et\u00a0Belgique.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Les Belges terminent\u00a0huiti\u00e8mes du classement final par \u00e9quipes avec 175,7 points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mais les \u00c9tats-Unis \u00e9tant troisi\u00e8mes et d\u00e9j\u00e0 qualifi\u00e9s comme pays h\u00f4te, cette huiti\u00e8me place vaut le\u00a0septi\u00e8me et dernier ticket disponible pour Los Angeles 2028.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Les Pays-Bas, neuvi\u00e8mes, restent derri\u00e8re.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Voil\u00e0 toute la beaut\u00e9, ou la cruaut\u00e9, selon le passeport, du dernier jumping.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Devant, Michael Jung sautait pour devenir champion du monde.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Quelques passages plus t\u00f4t,\u00a0Lara de Liedekerke-Meier, Karin Donckers et Wouter De Cleene sautaient d\u00e9j\u00e0 pour Los Angeles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Et pendant que les champions allaient bient\u00f4t recevoir leurs m\u00e9dailles, c\u00f4t\u00e9 belge, une autre c\u00e9r\u00e9monie pouvait commencer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Celle avec les bouteilles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Parce qu\u2019apr\u00e8s trois jours pass\u00e9s \u00e0 regarder les classements monter, descendre et parfois prendre feu, sabrer le champagne relevait moins du folklore que de la prescription m\u00e9dicale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00ab On l\u2019a fait. Honn\u00eatement, on l\u2019a fait \u00bb<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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\u00ab\u00a0On l\u2019a fait. Honn\u00eatement, on l\u2019a fait. Je suis trop heureuse. On y a cru, puis plus cru, puis plus cru du tout. Et puis, en fait, on l\u2019a quand m\u00eame fait.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son Kiarado d\u2019Arville<\/strong> n\u2019a que dix ans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Et sur ces Mondiaux, il a pris une dimension suppl\u00e9mentaire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00ab\u00a0Je suis tellement fi\u00e8re de mon cheval, Kiarado d\u2019Arville. Du haut de ses dix ans, il a quand m\u00eame pas mal port\u00e9 l\u2019\u00e9quipe hier et aujourd\u2019hui un peu plus.\u00a0<\/em>\u00bb<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Au moment d\u2019entrer en piste, Lara connaissait \u00e9videmment l\u2019enjeu. Sans forc\u00e9ment vouloir transformer chaque obstacle en calculatrice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00ab\u00a0J\u2019\u00e9tais au courant, sans \u00eatre vraiment au courant de la quantit\u00e9 de barres que je pouvais ou ne pouvais pas faire. Et puis apr\u00e8s, j\u2019ai eu de super conseils de Philippe Lacus. Je trouve qu\u2019on a eu un staff incroyable cette semaine, chacun \u00e0 sa place.<\/em>\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Et elle insiste sur un point : les trois cavaliers que l\u2019on voit c\u00e9l\u00e9brer ne sont que la partie visible du travail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00ab\u00a0Cette qualification, ce sont les trois cavaliers qu\u2019on voit aujourd\u2019hui, mais ce sont ceux qui sont sur le devant de la sc\u00e8ne.<\/em>\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Surtout, cette qualification change profond\u00e9ment les deux prochaines saisons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00ab\u00a0\u00c7a ne nous \u00e9tait plus arriv\u00e9 depuis tr\u00e8s longtemps d\u2019\u00eatre qualifi\u00e9s aux Jeux via les Mondiaux. Je crois que la derni\u00e8re fois, c\u2019\u00e9tait au Kentucky en 2010. \u00c7a donne une telle s\u00e9r\u00e9nit\u00e9 de pouvoir construire l\u2019ann\u00e9e prochaine les chevaux, de ne pas les br\u00fbler, de les pr\u00e9parer et quand m\u00eame viser une belle performance au Championnat d\u2019Europe. Donc, au final, \u00e7a change toute la donne.\u00a0<\/em>\u00bb<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Voil\u00e0 peut-\u00eatre le v\u00e9ritable tr\u00e9sor ramen\u00e9 d\u2019Aix.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Du temps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Trois jours dans l\u2019ascenseur<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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Car avant les bulles, Lara de Liedekerke a connu quelques \u00e9tages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dans les deux sens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Individuellement, ces Mondiaux ne lui ont pas donn\u00e9 tout ce qu\u2019elle esp\u00e9rait.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00ab\u00a0C\u2019est vraiment les montagnes russes, mais \u00e7a, c\u2019est le sport de haut niveau. Je pense que c\u2019est pour \u00e7a que je suis accro, en fait. Chaque fois, je me dis : \u201cJe vais arr\u00eater.\u201d Puis apr\u00e8s, je continue.<\/em>\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Elle \u00e9tait arriv\u00e9e \u00e0 Aix convaincue que son cheval \u00e9tait pr\u00eat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00ab\u00a0Quand on s\u2019est parl\u00e9 au d\u00e9but de la semaine, j\u2019ai vraiment cru que mon cheval \u00e9tait pr\u00eat. Il se sentait vraiment bien. Il a d\u00e9roul\u00e9 jeudi une reprise de dressage incroyable.<\/em>\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Puis les sensations se sont brouill\u00e9es.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00ab\u00a0Vendredi, avec le Grand Prix Sp\u00e9cial qui avait lieu en m\u00eame temps, je n\u2019avais plus de cheval. J\u2019avais l\u2019impression que tout ce qu\u2019on avait travaill\u00e9 depuis des mois n\u2019\u00e9tait plus l\u00e0.<\/em>\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n\n\n\n

La d\u00e9ception individuelle s\u2019installe. Le cross redistribue ensuite les cartes. Des \u00e9quipiers ne terminent pas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Et l\u2019objectif olympique prend toute la place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00ab\u00a0C\u2019\u00e9tait vraiment l\u2019ascenseur \u00e9motionnel depuis qu\u2019on est arriv\u00e9s. Si tu m\u2019avais dit au d\u00e9but qu\u2019on pouvait signer pour la qualification, je signais tout de suite.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Puis vient le Main Stadium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

La pression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Et Kiarado r\u00e9pond pr\u00e9sent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00ab\u00a0Il a saut\u00e9 ph\u00e9nom\u00e9nal, incroyable. Et j\u2019ai gard\u00e9 mes nerfs. On a tous les deux \u00e9t\u00e9 \u00e0 la hauteur. C\u2019est vraiment un tr\u00e8s, tr\u00e8s bon moment qui restera grav\u00e9 dans ma m\u00e9moire.<\/em>\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Kai-Steffen Meier avait gard\u00e9 trois cartouches<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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For Kai-Steffen Meier<\/strong>, chef d\u2019\u00e9quipe belge, le jumping du dimanche n\u2019\u00e9tait pas exactement un d\u00e9tail oubli\u00e9 lorsqu\u2019il avait construit sa s\u00e9lection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Il savait qu\u2019un Championnat du monde pouvait se d\u00e9cider l\u00e0.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00ab\u00a0Je savais tr\u00e8s bien que le jumping dans un Championnat du monde allait quand m\u00eame \u00eatre assez important.\u00a0<\/em>\u00bb<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Apr\u00e8s le cross, pourtant, la situation \u00e9tait devenue franchement inconfortable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Puis la visite v\u00e9t\u00e9rinaire du dimanche matin a l\u00e9g\u00e8rement rebattu les cartes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00ab\u00a0Apr\u00e8s la visite, on savait que la porte \u00e9tait un tout petit peu ouverte. Il fallait vraiment faire notre maximum pour mettre la pression sur les Pays-Bas.\u00a0<\/em>\u00bb<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Restait \u00e0 ex\u00e9cuter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Et c\u2019est pr\u00e9cis\u00e9ment ce que ses trois cavaliers ont fait.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00ab\u00a0Wouter, Karin et Lara ont tr\u00e8s, tr\u00e8s bien mont\u00e9. On a mont\u00e9 rapide, les chevaux ont bien saut\u00e9, ils avaient tr\u00e8s bien r\u00e9cup\u00e9r\u00e9 d\u2019hier. C\u2019\u00e9tait vraiment un bonheur.\u00a0<\/em>\u00bb<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Puis le classement tombe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Belgique devant les Pays-Bas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Los Angeles dans la poche.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00ab\u00a0Avoir la qualification pour L.A. par la grande porte des Championnats du monde, c\u2019est quand m\u00eame quelque chose de tr\u00e8s, tr\u00e8s bien.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Et surtout, cela change compl\u00e8tement les deux prochaines saisons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Quatre ans plus t\u00f4t, la Belgique avait d\u00fb continuer \u00e0 courir apr\u00e8s son billet olympique. Cette fois, le calendrier peut \u00eatre construit autour de la performance plut\u00f4t que de la qualification.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00ab\u00a0Aujourd\u2019hui, on sait qu\u2019on va \u00e0 Los Angeles. C\u2019est un petit peu \u00e9motionnel quand je dis \u00e7a. Maintenant, on peut d\u00e9j\u00e0 amener une \u00e9quipe l\u2019ann\u00e9e prochaine au Championnat d\u2019Europe o\u00f9 on peut vraiment commencer \u00e0 travailler pour aller plus haut. On peut beaucoup plus se concentrer sur la performance pour vraiment avoir un top r\u00e9sultat \u00e0 L.A.\u00a0<\/em>\u00bb<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Karin Donckers pourrait bien recommencer<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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\u00c0 c\u00f4t\u00e9, Karin Donckers<\/strong> sourit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Elle cherche d\u2019abord le mot fran\u00e7ais.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00ab\u00a0It\u2019s a big relief.\u00a0<\/em>\u00bb<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Un soulagement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Apr\u00e8s un cross o\u00f9 la Belgique avait rapidement perdu un premier couple, la pression \u00e9tait forc\u00e9ment mont\u00e9e sur les trois autres.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00ab\u00a0Quand on perd le premier cavalier sur le cross, il y a toujours davantage de pression sur les autres. Heureusement, nous n\u2019\u00e9tions pas le seul pays. Beaucoup de nations ont fait des erreurs, surtout au d\u00e9but.<\/em>\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Puis vient la visite v\u00e9t\u00e9rinaire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chaque cheval \u00e9limin\u00e9 ailleurs devient potentiellement une place gagn\u00e9e.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Et ensuite, il faut encore sauter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00ab\u00a0Le jumping est toujours important. Et nous avions trois bons chevaux de jumping. Je suis tellement heureuse qu\u2019on l\u2019ait fait.\u00a0<\/em>\u00bb<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00c0 55 ans, l\u2019Anversoise sait mieux que beaucoup ce que repr\u00e9sente une qualification olympique obtenue deux ans \u00e0 l\u2019avance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Elle compte d\u00e9j\u00e0\u00a0sept participations aux Jeux.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Los Angeles pourrait \u00eatre la huiti\u00e8me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00ab\u00a0J\u2019esp\u00e8re. Il y a encore un long trajet, mais j\u2019ai aussi des chevaux \u00e0 la maison. J\u2019ai confiance dans ma capacit\u00e9 \u00e0 pr\u00e9parer des chevaux.<\/em>\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Et surtout, d\u00e9sormais, le chronom\u00e8tre olympique ne tourne plus contre la Belgique.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00ab\u00a0On a maintenant du temps pour pr\u00e9parer les Jeux olympiques. C\u2019est bien que la pression soit un peu retomb\u00e9e, qu\u2019on puisse pr\u00e9parer les chevaux de la bonne mani\u00e8re et que tout ne doive pas absolument se jouer l\u2019ann\u00e9e prochaine. Je me souviens de la pr\u00e9paration des derniers Jeux : c\u2019est plus facile quand la qualification est d\u00e9j\u00e0 acquise<\/em>.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Karin Donckers \u00e0 Los Angeles en 2028 ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Quand on conna\u00eet le personnage, mieux vaut \u00e9viter de parier trop vite contre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Wouter De Cleene, Mondial le dimanche, travaux publics le lundi<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then there\u2019s Wouter De Cleene<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dans un sport de haut niveau de plus en plus professionnalis\u00e9, son histoire poss\u00e8de quelque chose de d\u00e9licieusement anachronique.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

De Cleene n\u2019est pas cavalier professionnel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

La journ\u00e9e, il travaille dans une soci\u00e9t\u00e9 de travaux publics qui r\u00e9alise notamment des routes dans la r\u00e9gion d\u2019Anvers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Les chevaux, c\u2019est apr\u00e8s journ\u00e9e.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ses Mondiaux ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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(\u00a9FEI)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Il les a notamment pr\u00e9par\u00e9s pendant le mois de juillet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pratique : en Belgique, juillet correspond aux cong\u00e9s du b\u00e2timent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Et lorsqu\u2019on lui demande s\u2019il a d\u00fb prendre sur ses cong\u00e9s pour venir passer cette semaine de Championnat du monde \u00e0 Aix, il r\u00e9pond avec un sourire :<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00ab\u00a0J\u2019ai la chance d\u2019avoir un gentil patron.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Quelques jours plus tard, le voil\u00e0 dans le Main Stadium d\u2019Aix-la-Chapelle \u00e0 participer directement \u00e0 la qualification de son pays pour les Jeux olympiques.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pas exactement la pause d\u00e9jeuner habituelle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Apr\u00e8s son jumping avec Ragdoll de Tamise<\/strong>, De Cleene reste fid\u00e8le au personnage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pas de grande envol\u00e9e.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00ab\u00a0Ce n\u2019\u00e9tait pas seulement moi. C\u2019\u00e9tait toute l\u2019\u00e9quipe.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Il insiste surtout sur le travail r\u00e9alis\u00e9 autour des cavaliers par la f\u00e9d\u00e9ration belge : soutien psychologique, v\u00e9t\u00e9rinaire, entra\u00eeneurs, coaching et pr\u00e9paration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00ab\u00a0La f\u00e9d\u00e9ration travaille \u00e9norm\u00e9ment. Nous recevons aussi beaucoup de soutien psychologique. Je pense que tout est vraiment bien organis\u00e9.<\/em>\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Quant \u00e0 Los Angeles ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pas question de commencer \u00e0 r\u00e9server l\u2019h\u00f4tel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00ab\u00a0Ce n\u2019est pas mon m\u00e9tier. Je pense que, dans ma situation, ce sera difficile d\u2019y aller. Mais si Ragdoll continue comme \u00e7a\u2026 C\u2019est vraiment un bon cheval. Il reste encore deux ans. On verra. Mais d\u2019abord, profitons peut-\u00eatre de celui-ci.\u00a0<\/em>\u00bb<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Excellente id\u00e9e.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Le lundi matin et les routes anversoises pourront attendre quelques bulles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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