Peder Fredricson remains ruled out of competition to injury

Olympic showjumper Peder Fredricson (pictured) remains sidelined as he continues to recover from a fall — Peder Fredricson in action at the 2022 World Championships in Herning riding H&M All In.

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Olympic team gold medallist Peder Fredricson will spend another few weeks on the sidelines as he continues to recover from injuries sustained in a fall.

Today (6 July) the Swedish equestrian federation said Peder will not start in his home Nations Cup leg, the Falsterbo CSIO5*, on 13-16 July, as he “still needs to rest”.

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Since joining H&H in 2018, Becky has covered a broad range of equestrian news including welfare matters, veterinary studies, FEI Tribunal hearings and road safety campaigns. She has also interviewed top riders including Scott Brash, John Whitaker and Ian Stark, to name just a few. Becky’s reporting has taken her to Canada for Spruce Meadows and France for Pau five-star, as well as the Royal Highland and Blair Castle International Horse Trials closer to home. She was also a key part of the remote reporting team for the Tokyo Olympics and the Europeans.

Competition remains off the agenda for Olympic gold medallist recovering from injury

Peder was conscious when he was taken to hospital, and spent two nights under observation. When he returned home on 21 June he said examinations had shown nothing was broken, but that he had bleeding, and damage to the blood vessels in his neck.

“There will be no Falsterbo for me. It is of course sad, but the medical examination today showed that I need a little more time before I can be back on the competition track,” said Peder.

“I will have another medical examination in a few weeks and after that we will know more.”

Peder Fredricson had been due to represent Sweden in the team event at Falsterbo, and will be replaced by Evelina Tovek. The other riders on the team are Petronella Andersson, Wilma Hellström, Rolf-Göran Bengtsson and Marcus Westergren, and Irma Karlsson.

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