Guide: Now the Olympic heroes take over the Stadium

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+ What

An individual, Global Champions Tour, and a team competition, Global Champions League, in horse jumping.

+ Where and when

Stockholm Stadium Friday – Sunday. The first round of team jumping (GCL) is hoped for on Friday and the second round as well as the individual competition (GCT) is hoped for on Saturday. On the last day, there are other types of competitions not linked to GCL or GCT.

+ Tv

Friday: SVT 2 / SVT Play

Saturday: SVT 2 / SVT 24 / SVT Play

Sunday: SVT 1 / SVT Play

+ Hur

The team competition GCL is decided in two rounds. Each team has five riders, nationality does not matter, where one must be under 25 years. Two riders per round (it is allowed to be the same) compete where the winner is the pair that has the least errors during both rounds. If two or more teams are equal, the combined time to decide a winner is counted, but only from the second round.

The second round of the GCL also acts as a qualifier for the individual competition where the top 35 advance.

The individual competition GCT is decided with a basic round. Flawless riders go to a time jump where the fastest and flawless crew wins.

+ The Swedes

The Swedish gold national team from the Olympics in Tokyo; Peder Fredricson, Henrik von Eckermann and Malin Baryard-Johnsson are all present.

von Eckermann is together with, among others, Evelina Tovek in the team Scandinavian Vikings while Fredricson and Baryard-Johnsson are part of Stockholm Hearts.

Jessica Springsteen who won during Sweden International Horse Show 2019. Archive photography.

+ International stars

The Olympic silver medalist in the team, Jessica Springsteen, is one of the star names that will be in place. The world four and double Olympic gold medalist Ben Maher is another.

The other celebrity daughters Athina Onassis, granddaughter of the Greek ship magnate Aristotle Onassis, and Georgina Bloomberg, daughter of the American businessman Michael Bloomberg, will also compete at the Stadium.

Will Bruce Springsteen and Michael Bloomberg be in the stands in Stockholm? Not impossible.

+ The position in the summary

At the top of GCT, it is currently very black, yellow and red. German Christian Ahlman leads in front of the two Belgians Pieter Devos and Niels Bruynseels. Malin Baryard-Johnsson is the best Swede in 13th place. The Stockholm competitions are the last in the first half of the tour, which ends with the final in Prague in November.

+ The prize money

The budget for the entire competition weekend is as follows DI of SEK 28.5 million. Nine of these are pure prize money. In this weekend’s final Grand Prix, the prize money is three million kronor, where a third goes to the winner.

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