Equestrian at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Individual freestyle test grade I

Equestrian – Individual freestyle test, grade I at the XVII Paralympic Games
Venue	Palais de Versailles
Date	7 September 2024
Competitors	8 from 7 nations
Winning score	82.49
Medalists
Rihards Snikus on King Of The Dance  Latvia Sara Morganti on Mariebelle  Italy Mari Durward-Akhurst on Athene Lindebjerg  Great Britain

The individual freestyle test, grade I, para-equestrian dressage event at the 2024 Summer Paralympics was contested on the afternoon of 7 September 2024 at the Palace of Versailles, Paris.[1][2]

The competition was assessed by a ground jury composed of five judges placed at locations designated E, H, C, M, and B. Each judge rated the competitors' performances with a percentage score across two areas - technique and artistry. The ten scores from the jury were then averaged to determine a rider's total percentage score.

Ground jury

Judge at E	Hanneke Gerritsen ( Netherlands)
Judge at H	Anne Prain ( France)
Judge at C	Sarah Leitch ( Great Britain), jury president
Judge at M	Marc Urban ( Belgium)
Judge at B	Alison King ( Hong Kong)

Classification

Grade I[3] riders are described by the IPC as " athletes [that] have severe impairments affecting all limbs and the trunk. ".[4]

Results

Riders performed one test apiece. Unlike the Championship test, riders and horses are marked on both technical ('Tech.') and artistic criteria ('Art.'). All five marks in both categories are then averaged for the final score. As with all freestyle finals, 8 Riders started the event.[5][6][7]

Rank	Rider Horse	Nationality	Section	E	H	C	M	B	Avg	Result
	Rihards Snikus on King Of The Dance	Latvia		83.80	80.83	83.83	83.80	80.17		82.49
			Tech.	81.00	78.67	83.67	81.00	78.33	80.53
			Art.	86.60	83.00	84.00	86.60	82.00	84.44
	Sara Morganti on Mariebelle	Italy		77.77	80.17	82.23	83.50	83.37		81.41
			Tech.	80.33	81.33	81.67	81.00	80.33	80.93
			Art.	78.40	79.00	82.80	86.00	86.40	82.52
	Mari Durward-Akhurst on Athene Lindebjerg	Great Britain		80.70	77.17	79.27	74.67	76.93		77.75
			Tech.	78.00	76.33	78.33	72.33	75.67	76.13
			Art.	83.40	78.00	80.20	77.00	78.20	79.36
4	Annemarieke Nobel on Doo Schufro	Netherlands		77.30	79.17	75.17	80.67	75.77		77.61
			Tech.	75.00	79.33	73.33	78.33	73.33	75.87
			Art.	79.60	79.00	77.00	83.00	78.20	79.36
5	Roxanne Trunnell on Fan Tastico H	United States		75.60	75.17	75.80	81.00	78.97		77.31
			Tech.	72.00	74.33	73.00	77.00	76.33	74.53
			Art.	79.20	76.00	78.60	85.00	81.60	80.08
6	Carola Semperboni on Paul	Italy		75.10	74.67	73.50	72.87	76.63		74.55
			Tech.	70.00	73.33	72.00	69.33	72.67	71.47
			Art.	80.20	76.00	75.00	76.40	80.60	77.64
7	Stella Barton on Lord Larmarque	Australia		74.13	70.17	77.67	73.13	74.70		73.96
			Tech.	69.67	69.33	76.33	71.67	72.00	71.80
			Art.	78.60	71.00	79.00	74.60	77.40	76.12
8	Laurentia Tan on Hickstead	Singapore		74.97	73.00	75.17	69.97	72.77		73.17
			Tech.	71.33	71.00	71.33	68.33	70.33	70.47
			Art.	78.60	75.00	79.00	71.60	75.20	75.88

References

1. "Individual Freestyle Event - Grade III medal results - Paris Paralympics 2024". BBC Sport. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
2. [1]
3. Paris 2024 : Para Equestrian : Classification
4. FEI Classification of Para-events
5. "Individual Freestyle Event - Grade I medal results - Paris Paralympics 2024". BBC Sport. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
6. "FEI : Para equestrian results : Paris 2024". FEI.org.
7. "Paris 2024 : Para - Equestrian : Results Championship Grade I" (PDF). Olympic.org.