Sweden secures 2028 Olympic dressage
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Sweden secures 2028 Olympic dressage spot after drama in Aachen

Sweden's national dressage team has secured a place in the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. The ticket was secured at the World Championships in Aachen - after some drama for star Patrik Kittel and the horse Touchdown. He almost stumbled badly, Kittel tells SVT.

The top six teams at the World Cup in Germany are qualified for the 2028 Summer Games in Los Angeles, and Sweden finished sixth.

That was the big goal and I am very grateful for that, says Patrik Kittel, who together with Touchdown had to settle for 72.096 after an incident at the beginning of the Grand Prix programme.

He stumbled really hard, I was quite worried that something would happen.

With 72.391 for Therese Nilshagen/Navarro and 72.080 for Maria von Essen/Invoice, Sweden finished on 216.552 percent, which was enough to secure an Olympic spot.

Nilshagen, Kittel and von Essen will continue to compete individually, with the Grand Prix special waiting for them on Friday. For Rebecca Mauléon/Johnnie Walker, the competition is over. The team's 68.711 percent was counted in the team competition.

Germany took the gold, ahead of Great Britain and Denmark.

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