Equestrian Jumping Gets Underway Today at Rio 2016

Sunday 14 August 2016

Equestrian Jumping Gets Underway Today at Rio 2016

The Equestrian Jumping at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games gets underway today with the first individual qualifier. The competition gets started at 2pm (BST) and the order for Team GB has been confirmed:

Nick Skelton OBE with Beverley Widdowson’s Big Star

Ben Maher MBE with Jane Forbes Clark and his own Tic Tac

Michael Whitaker with Beverley Widdowson’s Cassionato

John Whitaker MBE with Team Harmony Co Ltd’s Ornellaia

From 75 combinations, the Brits will come into the arena as follows:

3rd Nick and Big Star

21st Ben and Tic Tac

42nd Michael and Cassionato

60th John and Ornellaia

We will be posting via our FacebookTwitter or Instagram social media channels as will the BEF via their channels which can be found by visiting the Equestrian Team GBR website at www.equestrianteamgbr.co.uk . 

Watch this afternoon's action via the BBC on the red button (eight platforms), website and radio. If you can’t watch live, you can record the BBC Red Button through Sky Channel 980, Freeview 601, Freesat 981 and click here for Virgin info.

To follow the results live, just click here.

Please do engage your friends and follow as much as you can by posting and sharing some of the stories whilst also including some of the hashtags within your posts relating to Rio 2016.

#RoadToRio
#TwoHearts
#JoinTheJourney
#EquestrianJumping
#Rio2016
#BringOnTheGreat


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