Shanghai to host top riders in five-star event
Updated: 2016-04-28 20:17
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Equestrians (from left to right) Olympic team jumping runner-up Maikel van der Vleuten from Netherlands, two-time Longines Global Champions Tour overall winner Edwina Tops-Alexander from Australia, Olympic team jumping champion Scott Brash from Britain and Zhao Zhiwen from China pose during a photo call ahead of the Shanghai Longines Global Champions Tour April 28, 2016. Shanghai is the fourth leg of the 15-city equestrianism global tour series after Miami, Mexico City and Antwerp. Nearly 50 world top riders ,including world number one Simon Delestre of France and runner up Christian Ahlmann of Germany, will compete in the three-day event near the site right next to the World Expo site in Shanghai. Two Chinese riders and another two from HongKong of China will compete as wild cards. The Longines tour is the world’s premier five-star show jumping and the highest level equestrianism event held on Chinese mainland. Riders will be vying for $485,000 prize in CS15* 1.60 class. [Photo/chinadaily.com.cn] |
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