Olympic eventer Lea Siegl injured at Pau five-star

Austrian Olympic rider Lea Siegl is improving from accidents sustained in a cross-country fall at Pau Horse Trials.

Lea, 25, and 15-year-old DSP Preventing Line were taking part in a great transparent spherical once they fell at mixture fence 13b, a nook after an oxer. That they had long gone into the five-star cross-country in provisional tenth.

Lea used to be taken to health facility via ambulance following the autumn.

Lea has shared an replace on her situation and mentioned it used to be “sadly now not the Pau end result we was hoping for”.

“After a pleasing 29.9 dressage take a look at, which put us into the highest 10, we had a fall at a MIM-corner in the course of the cross-country path. On the other hand, we’re each good enough,” she mentioned.

Lea added that “Fighty is completely wonderful and doesn’t have a scratch”.

“Unluckily I broke two ribs and suffered a wound at the head which needed to be stitched right through an operation the day gone by,” she mentioned.

“The following months are for restoration, I am hoping that we’re again in shape via the start of subsequent yr. Thank you for the entire type messages and calls.”

Lea got here up throughout the younger rider ranks and competed DSP Preventing Line on the adolescence Europeans in 2016 at Montelibretti, Italy. The following yr they made their senior championship debut on the Europeans in Millstreet, Eire, and they’ve persevered to be an ordinary at championships.

In 2020 she used to be the youngest tournament rider on the Tokyo Olympics elderly 22, and he or she completed fifteenth with DSP Preventing Line. Ultimate yr they had been a part of the Austrian staff on the International Championships in Pratoni, the place they completed twenty fifth in my view.

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Since becoming a member of H&H in 2018, Becky has coated a large vary of equestrian information together with welfare issues, veterinary research, FEI Tribunal hearings and highway protection campaigns. She has additionally interviewed most sensible riders together with Scott Brash, John Whitaker and Ian Stark, to call only a few. Becky’s reporting has taken her to Canada for Spruce Meadows and France for Pau five-star, in addition to the Royal Highland and Blair Fortress World Horse Trials nearer to house. She used to be additionally a key a part of the far off reporting staff for the Tokyo Olympics and the Europeans.