Catalan Laura Heredia was left without her dream Olympic debut in the modern pentathlon. He fulfilled part of his goal, to debut, but misfortune on the part of the rider condemned his good overall performance and hindered the final result, 17th position with 1124 points. He once dreamed of being a finalist or reaching the medals, but he has to wait for Los Angeles 2028 to continue progress.
In the jumping event, Laura’s horse, Dollar Us d’Ecly, stopped before facing obstacle three, the first fear. Then, in the sixth, the horse again refused to jump and the competition ended for Heredia and, at the same time, all options to aim for a medal. He punished the demolition of the obstacle and the two refusals. Of the 300 points he could have added, he stayed at zero. An insurmountable burden. Laura and the rest of the Spanish modern pentathlon team are both angry and disgusted by what happened in a test as random as this, where the rider does not know his horse, chosen by lot. A modality that will no longer be in Los Angeles 2028 and will be replaced by an OCR or Spartan style obstacle course. A proposal in favor of the fittest pentathletes whose running career is a strong point, as in the case of Sant Boi de Llobregat.
“I never thought it could happen to me in this competition in the final of the Olympic Games. Then I just wanted to enjoy the rest of the competition and I did my best in the Laser Run and set my personal best , so for that I’m happy on the other hand,” explained the Catalan, European runner-up in Krakow 2023, who had to compose himself and, with the logical displeasure of what happened, complete the competition with fencing, swimming and laser. run events.
“From now on the pentathlon will change. We will not have equestrian again. So I have to adapt to a new discipline that I have not tried yet. We’ll see. I am an athlete who always tries to do my best and work hard good for what I can do,” Heredia added, thinking about the next Olympic cycle that ends in Los Angeles.
Source: La Verdad
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