2023-05-26 19:48:43
The Swiss jumpers experienced a competition to forget at the Nations Prize in Rome. Tenth, the team under the aegis of Michel Sorg did not qualify for the second round and finished the race in last place. Thus, Switzerland completely missed its dress rehearsal before the Prix des Nations on home soil at the CSIO St-Gall.
It all started badly with Steve Guerdat, the first to start in Rome. The Olympic champion on Maddox finished his run with a total of 21 penalty points. Enough to put pressure on the other Swiss riders. While Alain Jufer (on Dante) and Niklaus Schurtenberger (on Steffra) respectively hit two and one obstacle, Martin Fuchs on Commissar Pezi received 12 penalty points.
However, it should be noted that neither Fuchs nor Guerdat had come to the Italian capital with their best mounts. In St. Gallen, Jufer and Schurtenberger will be replaced by Pius Schwizer and Edouard Schmitz for the 1st of the 6 European Division I Nations Prize events. In Rome, Ireland won in a play-off once morest Italy.
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