Today the FEI shared the FEI Dressage Calendar measures which have been approved following an online meeting on Monday 22 March 2021.
More Opportunity for MER
Once again, these measures seek to mitigate the negative effects of Covid-19 and EHV-1, and in particular to allow as many Events as possible to take place leading up to Tokyo 2020.
They will provide Athletes more opportunities to compete to obtain the Minimum Eligibility Requirements (MERs) and Confirmation Results, and to train for the Olympic Games as well as for other Championships, while for Organisers, these measures provide more flexibility to re-schedule their cancelled or postponed Events.
Calendar Measures
The FEI Dressage Calendar measures approved by the FEI Board are:
- Application of Date Clash Rules until Tokyo 2020 (Emergency Board Resolution)
The FEI Board approved that all Dressage Event Organisers may, until the end of the Tokyo 2020 Games (Sunday 8 August 2021), organise their Events (subject to the Calendar applications deadline mentioned below) on their selected dates and no Dates Clash Rules shall apply during that time.
- Deadlines for Calendar Applications (Emergency Board Resolution)
In order to give National Federations and Organisers more flexibility when applying for their Events in the FEI Calendar (and consequently providing more options for the Athletes to compete), the FEI Board approved the reduction of deadlines for Calendar applications as follows:
- CDI5*/CDI4*/CDI3*/CDI-W CDIO5*/CDIO4*/CDIO3*: from 8 week to 4 weeks
- All other Dressage Events: same 4 weeks deadline as approved before remains.
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