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Athlete Drops Out Of The Olympic Games Because Saving Her Horse Is More Important
Dutch Olympic medallist Adelinde Cornelissen was supposed to compete in a dressage, a stylized riding, at the Rio Olympic Games but this Tuesday her horse Parzival got seriously ill just before the event. Most probably bitten by a spider or mosquito, Parzival had a fever of over 40 degrees Celsius and the right side of his head was swollen.
“To get the toxics out of his system we gave him fluids,” Adelinde wrote on Facebook. The vets did all they could to get him back on his feet and Adelinde slept with him in the stables, “checking up on Parzi every hour.” The next day the horse was feeling much better and the vets allowed him to participate. Though Adelinde had some serious doubts whether it’s a good decision, she didn’t want to let her team down. “I agreed to give it a try,” she wrote. “When I entered I already felt he was giving his utmost and being the fighter he is, he never gives up… But in order to protect him, I gave up…My buddy, my friend, the horse that has given everything for me his whole life does not deserve this… So I saluted and left the arena…”
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“My buddy, my friend, the horse that has given everything for me his whole life does not deserve this… So I saluted and left the arena…”
Adelinde Cornelissen’s horse got seriously ill just before the Rio Olympic Games
But the vets did all they could to make him feel better and he was allowed to participate
“When I entered I already felt he was giving his utmost and being the fighter he is, he never gives up…”
Image credits: Alex Livesey
“But in order to protect him, I gave up…”
Image credits: Adelinde Cornelissen
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Erica Sack 8 years ago
I'm so glad she did. That horse is amazing. to watch. I saw them once up close. There are no words to describe the passion that horse has. Both of them.
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Unfairly MostFairly 8 years ago
This is utter b******t. Do some research. She is known in the dressage world for her extreme and harsh training/riding methods. There was nothing heroic or compassionate about this... Check out the photos of her riding Parzival with blood dripping from his mouth... or the extreme hyper extension in the way his head is often set. It was reported the day he was pulled from competition it was due to a fracture of his jaw...thats why his mouth was so ridiculously frothed up in the photos...she changed the story the following day, apparently due to concerns about 'bad publicity'. She is not compassionate. She cares about her public reputation. She could give a rats @ss about Parzival. But don't take my word for it...... http://taviannaomi.wixsite.com/indubioproequus/single-post/2014/05/01/The-Glass-Cieling Read it for yourself.
Maria Rohlen 6 years ago
Terrible but plausible, thank you for sharing. Awful to see some of the pics with the blood, that is not horsemanship, it's abuse and cruelty.
Load More Replies... Erica Sack 8 years ago
I'm so glad she did. That horse is amazing. to watch. I saw them once up close. There are no words to describe the passion that horse has. Both of them.
Load More Replies... Unfairly MostFairly 8 years ago
This is utter b******t. Do some research. She is known in the dressage world for her extreme and harsh training/riding methods. There was nothing heroic or compassionate about this... Check out the photos of her riding Parzival with blood dripping from his mouth... or the extreme hyper extension in the way his head is often set. It was reported the day he was pulled from competition it was due to a fracture of his jaw...thats why his mouth was so ridiculously frothed up in the photos...she changed the story the following day, apparently due to concerns about 'bad publicity'. She is not compassionate. She cares about her public reputation. She could give a rats @ss about Parzival. But don't take my word for it...... http://taviannaomi.wixsite.com/indubioproequus/single-post/2014/05/01/The-Glass-Cieling Read it for yourself.
Maria Rohlen 6 years ago
Terrible but plausible, thank you for sharing. Awful to see some of the pics with the blood, that is not horsemanship, it's abuse and cruelty.
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