The Ireland team was hotly tipped to take a medal but slipped to seventh after incurring 14 penalties.
Sinead O'Carroll Reports from Paris THE IRISH JUMPING team had strong aspirations to be on today’s podium at the incredible Château de Versailles equestrian venue as the Jumping Team Final got under way.
“It is a tough day,” he told The 42 after Great Britain secured gold and Ireland had slipped to seventh position. The atmosphere was such that the French crowd were simultaneously cheering and shushing as their riders jumped the 14 obstacles , six of which were over 1.6m high, designed to showcase the best of Paris.
It was the next jumping pass that caused the first difficulty, a triple bar that had been flagged in advance as a potential sticky point. “Shane had a fantastic round and the horse jumped really well,” O’Connor said when asked about the unfortunate mistake.
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