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The barefoot horse King Edward has got shoes, a brand new pair. But only on the front hooves. World number one Henrik von Eckermann dared to make the change just weeks before the team jumps for Olympic Games medals. I'm extremely pleased and I hope that decision will hold, he says.
SportsHenrik von Eckermann is one of the big Swedish gold hopes under the Olympic rings. The genre pet on Stockholm's stadium was unusually weak. Reason to worry? So doubt? The result was clearly not good, but the feeling better. I am not worried, he says.
SportsWilma Hellström did not get a place in national team captain Henrik Ankarcrona's OS team. She took the rejection in the best way – and gave a direct response. We're just doing our thing in the best way, Cicci and I. It's not harder than that, says the riding star.
SportsFaultless, fastest and winner again. Henrik von Eckermann's almost perfect ride over the obstacles on King Edward cannot directly reduce the expectations ahead of the OS. He is an exceptional horse, says the world number one.
SportsHere stands Peder Fredricson at Stockholm Stadium, holding the ticket to his fifth Olympic Games in his hands. Roll back the tape a year, to the same place. Then, his career, life, and future hung by a thread.
SportsSeveral of the country's top show jumpers are worried about the national team captain Henrik Ankarcrona's Olympic selection. Not Linda Heed. She is already clear for Paris – as Max's equestrian expert on site.
SportsThe championship debut was made last summer - and contributed directly to the Swedish team's gold medal. Wilma Hellström, 31, got a taste of the good life. But it's one thing to jump in a European Championship, quite another to get a spot in the Olympic team. Whatever happens, happens, she says.
SportsGladly a new success at home. But most important of all is that King Edward continues to demonstrate his fine form with a little over a month to the Olympics. And that nothing unpleasant happens. You never know with horses, says Henrik von Eckermann.
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