The German equestrian federation announced that a medal change has taken place in the 2021 German Under 25 Kur Championships due to a calculation error.
Hannah Erbe is now a silver medal winner alongside Ann-Kathrin Lindner. Remarkably there is no tie break and therefore no bronze medal winner in the freestyle.
According to German NF, "the correction of score is necessary due to a writing and communication error. The judge at A wanted to give the score 8 for the single flying changes in Hannah Erbe and Carlos' test, which was also clear in the commentary box on the protocol. Erroneously the score 7 was typed in the computer, which was relevant for the counting of the total score. The total result with the 8 mark is now 77.775% instead of 77.725%."
The FN continued, "this sportive performance, which in this case is exactly the same as the second placed pair, is now being honoured and Hannah Erbe gets the silver medal as a consequence. The double second place does not effect the other participants, as the rest of the ranking remains unaltered."
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