China's equestrian rider Alex Hua Tian facing setback in eventing
China DailyAlex Hua Tian of China competes during the cross-country phase of the equestrian eventing individual competition at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Versailles, France, July 28, 2024. VERSAILLES, France - Chinese equestrian rider Alex Hua Tian encountered a setback in the cross-country phase of the eventing competition at the Paris Olympics on Sunday, resulting in a penalty of 20.6 points. Combined with his dressage penalties on Saturday, Hua Tian's total penalty score amounted to 42.6 points, causing his ranking to plummet from 3rd to 32nd. Germany's Michael Jung topped the individual leaderboard with a total of 17.80 penalty points, surpassing Britain's Laura Collett, who incurred 0.8 time penalties in the cross-country phase, finishing with 18.30 penalty points.