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In the name of the Team

September 7, 2025

It was an early and much awaited morning as 12 teams set out to impress and earn top scores in the first part of the team competition, which has so far seen riders from Grades II and III make their debut appearance at the Sha Tin arena.

Golden team ambitions have definitely got a hold of 2004 Athens silver medallists Germany, as they got off to a very promising start with a convincing performance by Grade III rider Hannelore Brenner and Women of the World earning them the top score of the morning with 71.615, followed by a solid performance from Angelika Trabert and Londria 2 on a score of 69.429 who commented as she left the arena “We prepared for it and we worked (as) we dreamed of”.

All time title holders Great Britain know that a fourth consecutive win will require some outstanding performances, and they got just that from first time Paralympian Simon Laurens aboard Ocean Diamond finishing on a score of 69.538, and if as he comments, “It is my first time, and I am a it nervous. I will put a bit more out on Tuesday” then we are in for quite a show… The remaining team members, including triple gold medallist from Athens Deborah Criddle, six time gold medallist Lea Pearson and the highly expreinced, four time Olmypic Anne Durnham will all saddle up this evening, once the sun and heat have begin to retreat from the impressive Hong Kong skyline.

Denmark’s Annika Lykne Dalskov, Canada’s Lauren Barwick and Italy’s Silvia Veratti are also proving to be tough acts to follow, and will undoubtedly lift their team scores to greater eights, thus leaving the race to team medals rather open…

Great excitement and suspense in the remaining hours as competition gets set to resume this evening, when the team members from Grades Ia, Ib and IV will be in the spotlight.

Written by Malina Gueorguiev · Filed Under Europe and British Isles, Malina Gueorguie, Olympics 2008 
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