Lynch delivers another single-fault round
Show jumper Denis Lynch delivered another world class round with the 10-year-old gelding 'Lantinus' in the second Olympic qualifying competition at Hong Kong today with no jumping-faults and a single time-fault to add to his existing tally, bringing him to a total of just two faults prior to Monday's third qualifying round.
Jumping 11th of 76 riders, Tipperary-born Lynch was the first rider in today's class to leave all the poles intact on an intimidating track.
Afterwards Irish Team manager Robert Splaine said: "This is a significant step for Denis and Lantinus. It gives him a very good chance of qualifying for Thursday's final, but there is still a lot of big jumping to be done tomorrow, when the course will again be completely different. But this was a remarkably good performance today."
The final of the individual jumping competition will be held on Thursday August 21, when the top 35 riders left in the competition will be reduced to a top 20 who will fight for medal positions in the last Olympic jumping round.
