Saturday, Apr. 26, 2025

U.S. Show Jumping

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The U.S. Olympic Show Jumping Team has withdrawn Beezie Madden and Cortes 'C' from competition at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Cortes 'C' sustained an injury during Round 1 of the team competition on Tuesday, and in the best interest of the horse's welfare, the decision has been made to withdraw Cortes 'C'.
Follow along with us as the top eight teams after the first team round jump again for the team medals and 18 individuals join them in the final qualifying round for the individual final on Aug. 19.

The top eight teams after the first team round jump again for the team medals from 9:00 - 10:45 a.m. EST today, bringing their Round 1 scores forward to Round 2. The cumulative scores of each team's top three riders over the two rounds determines the medals—any medal ties are decided by a jump-off. 

So, Germany, Brazil, the Netherlands and the USA—all tied for the lead on 0 faults—will jump again along with France, Canada, Switzerland and Sweden.

A thrilling result as three clean round boost the U.S. team into a tie with Brazil, Germany and the Netherlands on a 0-fault score after today’s Nations Cup round.
What happened where? We kept track! A round-by-round commentary on the first round of team competition.

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