Equestrian: Olympic officials look to cut numbers
At this week’s FEI Sports Forum in Lausanne, Switzerland, the notion of three-rider teams for the 2020 Olympics was heavily promoted as the future of the sport.
The change was given further credence when the FEI Bureau concluded yesterday it should be teams of three and one individual per nation for the Olympics and the World Equestrian Games. The Bureau asked the Technical Committees to finalise their proposals in that direction to be submitted to national federations prior to a vote at the FEI General Assembly in Tokyo (the 2020 Olympic city) next November. The consensus is that the proposal is almost assured of being passed by the assembly.
