It is nothing new under the sun that sport breeds strong emotions.
Some of them no one wants to know.
Antonia Ramel has faced setbacks before.
This was the worst in a championship. Therefore, she took plenty of time to gather before she met the Swedish media.
- I needed to breathe and I still need it.
This was sad, she says.
As a reserve for team anchor Patrik Kittel, whose horse Well Done injured himself last week, she had the press on her.
It started badly with a low percentage in Sunday's grand prix, it ended even worse as the first Swedish rider in the team final.
The chance disappeared immediately
Already in the first piaffe, Brother de Jeu protested.
The gelding rose like a war horse.
You must absolutely not do that.
The judges do not like that.
With the new format - where all results count - the Swedish team's chance for a decent placement was gone even before it was time for Juliette Ramel and Therese Nilshagen.
- I think he got very scared in the grand prix, in the piaffe, and probably recognized himself a bit in it.
I received no response to my helpers.
I tried to get out of the piaffe, but it did not work today.
Unfortunately, says Antonia Ramel.
- It is a huge disappointment because I know it costs a lot.
We were at 74 percent and then we go down to 67. It is something we have never been on before, not even since he debuted in the grand prix.
I am very disappointed, continues Ramel who stayed at 67.447 percent.
Wants to take revenge in the European Championships
TT: You shook your head after the piaffe. Was it a pain to ride the rest of the program?
- In a way, yes.
I know what we can do.
Piaffen is one of his strengths.
That is what we to some extent score points on.
This autumn, the European Championships await in Hagen.
Antonia Ramel hopes that her weak Olympic debut will not cost her a place in the national team captain Bo Jenås' next championship team.
- I'm just going home now and get things in order with him.
This has not happened before.
He saw a shadow the first day, we did not get it right and then it has become an uncertainty with him - and of course with me as well, says Antonia Ramel.
Little sister Juliette Ramel did better at Buriel.
75.714 percent showed that the form is good for Wednesday's individual final.
Nilshagen also participates in it.
Germany took the gold
Before the last group in the team final, where Nilshagen rode on Dante Weltino, Sweden was seventh out of eight teams.
Nilshagen's 75,988 brought the team up to sixth place.
Dorothee Schneider, Isabell Werth and Jessica von Bredow-Werndl rode home the gold to the heavy favorite Germany.
The USA snagged the silver just before Great Britain with Denmark as fourth.