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Listed below are comments made by GWriter between Friday, 22nd August 2008 and Friday, 22nd August 2008.

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Anky strikes again! 07:29am on 22 Aug 2008 I'm sorry to say this but the silver medal for Werth was a joke and undermined any credbility dressage might have had as a legitimate "Sport". I was in the stands at Sha Tin and for a moment I thought I was at the rodeo in Las Vegas watching Werth's horse refuse to pirouette, not once, but twice. If dressage stands for anything it must be for control, discipline and elegance. It was outrageous that Werth received the second highest marks of the round. No wonder there was booing from the competitors stands when Steffen Peters received a much lower score for a more perfectly executed round.

Any sport where at least two of the medalists are pre-determined (By reputation alone) prior to the opening of the competition has no place at the Olympics and undermines the very spirit and intent of the games.

Shameful!

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