Current Events > Germany's Modern Pentathlon coach disqualified after punching horse

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https://nypost.com/2021/08/07/germanys-modern-pentathlon-coach-disqualified-after-punching-horse/

Germanys modern pentathlon coach Kim Raisner will not be part of Saturdays mens individual competition at the Tokyo Olympics after she hit a horse with her fist and urged rider Annika Schleu to really hit the horse when it refused to jump. The Modern Pentathlon federation (UIPM) said Raisner had been disqualified because of her actions during Fridays show jumping. Germanys Olympic team chief Alfons Hoermann said earlier the coach had been pulled out of the mens individual competition. He also demanded urgent rule changes from the international federation. We were all in agreement that the coach will not be at the competition on Saturday, Hoermann said. We also consider that an urgent review of the incident is necessary, especially in terms of animal protection, and that the national and international federations draw their conclusions. Modern pentathletes, who compete in five different sports for a medal, do not use their own horses for the show jumping discipline but instead draw one at random and are given 20 minutes to warm up with it before competing. Schleu was holding down top spot with a commanding 24 second edge on the field going into the show jumping when each competitor randomly draws a horse.

There were signs of trouble ahead as Schleus horse Saint Boy bucked and misbehaved during the warmup and soon after was refusing jumps. With each refusal Schleus frustration grew, the German finally exploding with a scream that echoed through the empty stadium as tears poured down her face. Her coach urged her to hit the horse. Raisners orders to really hit it, hit, were heard live back in Germany, triggering a wave of criticism. Raisner herself punched the horse once above the back leg. As Schleu became more desperate and frustrated, the horse became more agitated. Top ranked Michelle Gulyas and Irelands Natalya Coyle suffered similar fates with their horses as they saw their own podium hopes crushed, dropping out of the top 10 and out of contention. Rules must change in such a way so that rider and horse are protected, Hoermann said. The focus must be on the welfare of the animals and the fair competition for athletes.



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Why would someone train so long for an olympic event where you just get fucked by rng?

Fuck that sport

A horse ain't gonna give a much of a rat's ass about being punched by that chick unless its the face

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Mongo does have some questionable coaching techniques.

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Weird that they don't allow to use their own horses, but what do I know.

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Good. Fuck that guy.

Mongo like modern pentathlon

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I have worked with horses for awhile and I can say that if a horse does not want to do something, no matter what you do, and getting angry at them is not going to change anything.

Also what the fuck is the meaning behind NOT giving the horse a medal. Horses are just as much of athletes as people are.

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this never would have happened in the... wait a minute

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Tell that horse if he doesn't jump we're taking a trip to the glue factory, and he can't come!

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