Yasmin Ingham – After a tense round at the World Eventing Championships, the gold medal for the individual competition went to the British rider Yasmin Ingham.
The 25-year-old competitor, who was competing in her maiden senior championship, was in second place heading into the showjumping finals on Sunday in Pratoni, Italy. Yasmin Ingham ended with a clean round on Banzai du Loir, earning a total of 23.2 points.
The competition was won by Ingham when the leader, Michael Jung of Germany, missed two fences during his last round.
She expressed surprise by saying, “I truly didn’t believe this would happen.”
“The horse was perfect, and I couldn’t be happier with the whole experience. I’m at a loss for words to express how content I feel.”
Yasmin Ingham, who is based in Cheshire, was competing as an individual and had an excellent competition. He was sitting third after the dressage phase and incurred just 1.2 time faults in Saturday’s cross-country to be 4.4 penalties behind Jung, the former Olympic, world, and European champion. Ingham’s performance was outstanding.
She continued by saying, “I’m absolutely flabbergasted – I can’t believe it.”
“I tried to approach it like any other competition and stay true to my routine, despite the fact that the stakes were high and the pressure was intense.”
Yasmin Ingham follows in the footsteps of other British riders such as Ros Canter, who won the championship in 2018, Ginny Leng, Lucinda Green, and Mary Gordon-Watson. Ros Canter was a fellow rider from Great Britain and won the championship in 2018. Zara Tindall (then Phillips) won the championship in 2006.
Canter was a member of the Great Britain team that competed in Pratoni with Tom McEwen, Laura Collett, and Oliver Townend. Despite their best efforts, the reigning champions ended in fourth place, which was not good enough to earn them a medal as they pursued a sixth championship.
The group ended with a score of 100.9, falling short of the bronze medal by 0.2 points. Germany won the competition with a score of 95.2, followed by the United States (100.3) and New Zealand (100.3). (100.7).
Despite this, the Great Britain team has ensured that they will participate in the Olympics in Paris in 2024.
Townend, who is ranked number one in the world, had a poor finish to his round, striking three of the final four jumps he attempted to jump. Britain was still in the running.
Canter ended the individual competition with a total of 26.2, the same as New Zealand’s Tim Price, but Canter’s showjumping time was slower, hence Canter did not tie for a bronze medal in the individual competition.
For more information regarding OKBET Racing, click here
