Early tomorrow morning New Zealand equestrian rider Mark Todd can ride off for a trial at his fifth Olympic medal and potential third gold, which is able to arguably rank him as New Zealand's greatest ever Olympian.
After surviving a brush with a bull elephant earlier within the year Todd, competing during a record seventh Olympics, currently faces an equally imposing challenge of reaching the heights of recent Zealand's most successful Olympians with 2 a lot of medals up for grabs.
Here's a breakdown of when and the way New Zealand's initial medal of London 2012 may be won.
WHAT:
Todd and his horse Campino sit in third place heading into the third and final stage of the three-day eventing, the showjumping. once a 3rd putting within the dressage stage, Todd rode a near-perfect run within the cross country together with his solely mistake drawing close the ultimate jump across the end line.
A mistake-free run would have seen him sit in gold medal position however the one error places him solely zero.20 penalty points behind Germany's Ingrid Klimke and Sweden's Sara Algotsson Ostholt who share high spot.
With four penalty points for a dropped rail within the showjumping, one mistake from his rivals may see Todd move into gold. Conversely with but 3 points separating the highest six, a slip-up by Todd may see him drop of the medals utterly.
WHEN:
The team section of the showjumping begins at nine.30pm NZT and can finish simply once midnight. New Zealand currently sit in fourth simply behind Sweden, therefore Todd may have a his fifth Olympic medal before his individual ride begins.
From 1.30am the highest twenty five riders have a second shot at the showjumping course with their scores counting towards the individual medals. Todd can jump third to last which is able to be around a pair of.30am.
RIVALS:
Current leader Klimke won gold within the team event with Germany four years ago and finished fifth within the individual event, an equivalent putting she had in Athens in 2004. With Germany leading the team event, Klimke is in line to become the primary rider since Britain's Richard Meade in Munich forty years ago to win 2 golds in eventing.
Algotsson Ostholt is trying to become the primary Swede to win a medal within the individual eventing since 1972. The country's last individual eventing gold was in 1956. The pressure is additionally on the Swedish team with their drought within the team event going additional back to 1952.
Fourth placed Michael Jung from Germany is taken into account one among the most effective in eventing showjumping and would have an opportunity to place real pressure on the highest 3 with a transparent spherical.
British pair Kristina Cook and Mary King are each but three.0 penalty points behind Todd and can have the house crowd on their aspect.
WHAT'S AT STAKE?:
Todd, who was named rider of the twentieth Century by equestrian's governing body, may achieve a rare feat of 3 Olympic gold medals over a span of twenty eight years.
A third gold would place him during a share of second amongst New Zealand's most successful Olympians with middle distance runner Peter Snell and canoiest Paul MacDonald.
Ian Ferguson is that the most successful with four golds.
Any medal would take his overall haul to 5, a tie with Ferguson and MacDonald, however he may finish the day with 2 medals in London putting him on high of the list.
Todd's second triumph in 1988 was ranked no.11 within the Herald's list of twenty NZ Olympic Moments.
ODDS:
Australian bookies sportsbet.com.au have listed Todd as joint-favourite with Jung to require the gold at $3.75. Klimke is listed at $5.50 and Algottson Ostholt at $4.50.
TODD'S CV
1984 - Gold - Individual 3 Day Event
1988 - Gold - Individual 3 Day Event
1988 - Bronze - Team 3 Day Event
2000 - Bronze - Individual 3 Day Event
After surviving a brush with a bull elephant earlier within the year Todd, competing during a record seventh Olympics, currently faces an equally imposing challenge of reaching the heights of recent Zealand's most successful Olympians with 2 a lot of medals up for grabs.
Here's a breakdown of when and the way New Zealand's initial medal of London 2012 may be won.
WHAT:
Todd and his horse Campino sit in third place heading into the third and final stage of the three-day eventing, the showjumping. once a 3rd putting within the dressage stage, Todd rode a near-perfect run within the cross country together with his solely mistake drawing close the ultimate jump across the end line.
A mistake-free run would have seen him sit in gold medal position however the one error places him solely zero.20 penalty points behind Germany's Ingrid Klimke and Sweden's Sara Algotsson Ostholt who share high spot.
With four penalty points for a dropped rail within the showjumping, one mistake from his rivals may see Todd move into gold. Conversely with but 3 points separating the highest six, a slip-up by Todd may see him drop of the medals utterly.
WHEN:
The team section of the showjumping begins at nine.30pm NZT and can finish simply once midnight. New Zealand currently sit in fourth simply behind Sweden, therefore Todd may have a his fifth Olympic medal before his individual ride begins.
From 1.30am the highest twenty five riders have a second shot at the showjumping course with their scores counting towards the individual medals. Todd can jump third to last which is able to be around a pair of.30am.
RIVALS:
Current leader Klimke won gold within the team event with Germany four years ago and finished fifth within the individual event, an equivalent putting she had in Athens in 2004. With Germany leading the team event, Klimke is in line to become the primary rider since Britain's Richard Meade in Munich forty years ago to win 2 golds in eventing.
Algotsson Ostholt is trying to become the primary Swede to win a medal within the individual eventing since 1972. The country's last individual eventing gold was in 1956. The pressure is additionally on the Swedish team with their drought within the team event going additional back to 1952.
Fourth placed Michael Jung from Germany is taken into account one among the most effective in eventing showjumping and would have an opportunity to place real pressure on the highest 3 with a transparent spherical.
British pair Kristina Cook and Mary King are each but three.0 penalty points behind Todd and can have the house crowd on their aspect.
WHAT'S AT STAKE?:
Todd, who was named rider of the twentieth Century by equestrian's governing body, may achieve a rare feat of 3 Olympic gold medals over a span of twenty eight years.
A third gold would place him during a share of second amongst New Zealand's most successful Olympians with middle distance runner Peter Snell and canoiest Paul MacDonald.
Ian Ferguson is that the most successful with four golds.
Any medal would take his overall haul to 5, a tie with Ferguson and MacDonald, however he may finish the day with 2 medals in London putting him on high of the list.
Todd's second triumph in 1988 was ranked no.11 within the Herald's list of twenty NZ Olympic Moments.
ODDS:
Australian bookies sportsbet.com.au have listed Todd as joint-favourite with Jung to require the gold at $3.75. Klimke is listed at $5.50 and Algottson Ostholt at $4.50.
TODD'S CV
1984 - Gold - Individual 3 Day Event
1988 - Gold - Individual 3 Day Event
1988 - Bronze - Team 3 Day Event
2000 - Bronze - Individual 3 Day Event
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