Last week, the international federation in modern pentathlon, UIPM, decided that horse jumping will be removed from the modern pentathlon at the Olympics from 2028. Active people, including several Olympic medalists, have protested against the decision and now the Swedish federation is also reacting.

- The international federation claims that they have ended up in a quandary with the IOC (International Olympic Committee) and thus made the decision, which is not at all anchored internationally.

I'm thinking a bit about what this does to the modern pentathlon ?, says Svante Rasmuson, sports director of the Swedish association, to SVT Sport.

Board meeting later this week

Rasmuson, who took a team bronze in the sport at the 1980 Olympics and an individual silver at the 1984 Olympics, also highlights the history as a reason not to take away horse jumping.

- The Swedes were given the task in 1912 to develop a modern pentathlon.

There is a history around this that is very significant.

Will the Swedish union act?

- We will have a board meeting later this week, but Sweden will act.

I doubt how this whole process went.

Is there even an ultimatum from the IOC that riding should go away?

No one has been able to control it.

"Can not figure out the fifth branch"

Rasmuson is also critical of the fact that UIPM has not decided which branch will replace horse jumping.

- The modern pentathlon has already made many changes and many of them have been good.

But to replace one of the branches, it has never been done before and now you are there.

Then this will be wrong regardless.

Because I can not figure out which the fifth branch would be that does not get a little ridiculous in this context.

At this summer's Olympics in Tokyo, German trainer Kim Raisner hit a horse that refused to jump over an obstacle and since then the discussion about horse jumping has escalated.

Rasmuson does not think the incident is enough to remove the branch.

- No, but Swedish pentathlon is pushing hard to make changes that are in line with protecting the horses.