Good Day for Jumping, Eh? Canadian Wins First Individual Jumping Gold

by: Jennifer O. Bryant
August 21 2008, Article # 12553 Two unusual delays marred Round B, the final round of the 2008 Olympic individual jumping competition, in Hong Kong Aug. 21. The first was a heavy-set man wearing only a pink tutu and black shoes, sporting an advertising slogan inked on his chest. He vaulted the arena fence and "cantered" around the arena, delaying the start of the first rider to go, a startled Lotta Schultz of Sweden on Calibra II, before being removed by event officials. The ...