Runner profile in the new league after the tragedy of the World Cup – Sport

I do not change branches, but I think it's great to jump and it does not make me a worse runner on the field, "she says.

On Saturday afternoon, September 15, Anna Freskgård ran to the goal after the World Cup field competition.

It had gone well, beyond expectations.

Then came the moment that remains forever etched in his memory. Box Qutie 's suddenly stopped, received immediate care and was taken by ambulance horseback to the clinic at the Equine Tryon Hospital. Initial reports were optimistic but complications were reported.

A few days later, the procession was sacrificed.

Then Freskgård was on the farm outside Tystberga, in Södermanland. For weeks, she struggled against her sadness and lack. The sorrow that she carries about Box Qutie that she wears, but the stud has not been in vain.

A new adventure awaits

On the economic front, Anna Freskgård received increased support from Eva Björkman, a charity, after a trauma at Tryon. Stallion Billy Cointreau is with her for a few days. The eight-year-old will take Freskgård on a new adventure.

He was raised in England, previously competed by Stephanie Holmén. He was in Germany in summer and autumn and was run by an Argentine rider. Now he comes to my stable, says Freskgård and shines.

Michael Jung and Ingrid Klimke (German stars of the field competition) showed that it was possible to do a parallel adventure. I am very uncomfortable for this opportunity. After the World Cup, Eva offered to buy a jumping horse and landed there.

TT: Is the jump to jump a consequence of the tragedy of the World Cup?

No, the jump has always been there. Before starting the competition on the field, there was the jump that interested me. It has always been a passion for the heart and a bet was made a few years ago when I was involved in a serious accident and the doctor told me that I could not participate in the competition .

Then I was ready to jump, but then I lost the Box Qutie, destined for the field competition. Thanks to her, I continued the competition in the field.

cerebral lesion – brain-damage

Anna Freskgård took a big risk. Only after the co-founder, William Nilson Fryer, remarked that she was not really the same person as a thorough investigation.

The result was disappointing.

I did a neuropsychological examination that showed that the brain was hit and injured by the shock that I had received. What I felt was that I became extremely tired in the brain and had to give myself time to rest and be for myself.

It was also a bit strange, but the neck became better. Previously, he was constantly behind one eye, but it's getting better and better. My power and energy are starting to be the same as before.

The dream of the bone is alive

The dream of the OS is so big. Freskgård has not abandoned. It's with Fly Away that she's aiming for Tokyo.

He is really the only four-star horse we have. I believe in him, but he will prove to the League that he is a championship horse. I was very close to 2020. Now I do not know if it will be so, but hopes are alive. There will be more OS.

TT: Should we fly to Euro next year to get to the Olympics?

I think it would be good for us, wanting to have a championship and to have won this routine, "said Freskgård.

The beginnings of the OS could come by jumping instead.

Who knows? We will see. I want to ride on the OS and first of all, I want to do it in the field competition. Then we'll see where the jump is going, she says.