Paris (AFP)
The French show jumping team, Olympic champion in Rio in 2016, qualified for the Tokyo Olympics next summer, taking fourth place at the European Championships Friday in Rotterdam (Netherlands). Low)
Pénéloppe Leprevost, Nicolas Delmotte, Kevin Staut and Alexis Deroubaix totaled 24.39 points, and won one of three tickets at stake to see Japan in July 2020 and defend their Olympic title.
In Rotterdam (Netherlands), they were beaten by Belgium (12.07), in continental gold for the first time in its history and which also validates its ticket for Japan, Germany (16.22) which had already validated his place for Tokyo thanks to his third place at the World Equestrian Games a year ago, and Great Britain (21.41) who also ensures his presence at the Olympics 2020.
With a fault on his course Friday, Alexis Deroubaix occupies the 6th provisional place of the individual event (5.40 points) and will join the fight for the podium Sunday, with the British Ben Maher (0.62 pt) big favorite for gold.
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