Manon Claeys is smiling at the CPEDI in Waregem. Yet, shesays she’s a little disappointed with her performance, with71.722% in Friday’s GP and 67.378% the next day. “Waregem is always our first competition of the season and this year, the weather has really not been kind,” she explainsphilosophically on Sunday morning, a few hours before takingthe start of the final Kür. Friday, I even had ride in the middle of a flood! In addition, the temperature is very low. But wecannot control this. » Katarina Sollenburg, her 9-year-old KWPN mare, doesn’t seem to like this weather very much.
The double bronze medalist in 2021 in Tokyo is onlybeginning her preparation for the Paralympic Games in Paris. “We are going to participate in several other competitions,” she says, “including certainly one in Austria. And my coach isstill looking for other possibilities. » The year 2024 will bevery busy for Manon Claeys. We hope it will be successful.
