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US Wraps Up Strong Performances with Three Medals in Week Two of WEG

The Bronze medal-winning Hermès U.S. Show Jumping Team (SusanJStickle.com)

Caen, France – The U.S. contested three World Championships at the 2014 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games across Normandy, France, from September 2-7, with several U.S. veterans demonstrating why they have had such durability in their respective sports. The U.S. finished the Games with seven total medals (two Gold, two Silver, and three Bronze).

The Hermès U.S. Show Jumping Team entered d’Ornano Stadium for the final round of the FEI World Team Jumping Championships on Thursday, September 4, determined to earn a podium finish for the United States, and they did just that, securing the Bronze medal. On a day when luck often eluded the Americans over Frédéric Cottier’s 13-obstacle track, the team of world-class riders, bookended by two championship stalwarts, persevered to finish on total of 16.72.

The FEI World Individual Jumping Championship came to a conclusion on the final day of competition in the d’Ornano Stadium with the highly anticipated Final Four competition. The U.S. closed out the 2014 Games on a high note, as Beezie Madden claimed Individual Bronze. Additionally, her partner at these Championships, Cortes ‘C’, earned the Best Horse title following four rounds of impeccable jumping on Sunday afternoon.

Kimberly and Cassidy Palmer and Leon 364 (Shannon Brinkman Photo)
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Kimberly and Cassidy Palmer and Leon 364 (Shannon Brinkman Photo)

In the Zenith, the vaulting portion of the 2014 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games included U.S. vaulters in the Individual Female, Individual Male, Pas de Deux, and Squad championships. On the fourth day of competition, World Championship titles were decided in front of a packed crowd. Sisters Kimberly and Cassidy Palmer and Mary McCormick led the U.S. endeavor, finishing fifth in the Pas de Deux and Individual Female Championships, respectively. The rest of the U.S. contingent had respectable performances among tough competition at a World Championship.

On the final day of the 2014 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games, the FEI World Team and Individual for Four-in-Hands Driving Championship started the cones phase bright and early at La Prairie Racecourse to determine the medalists on Sunday. Clean rounds were hard to come by over Richard Nicoll’s 20-obstacle cones course, with only nine of the 43 drivers adding no penalties to their scores following the marathon phase. Chester Weber had an excellent final day of competition, driving his team to a faultless round and clinching the Individual Silver medal. He and teammates Lisa Stroud and Misdee Wrigley Miller performed well in the Team Championship, finishing in fourth place on a score of 298.48.

To learn more about the 2014 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games, visit http://www.normandy2014.com/.

From the USEF Communications Department

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