Like good wine, Michael Jung improves with time. Less invincible than in the past, the German emperor, whose last major individual medal dates back to 2019, will nonetheless be one of the big favorites for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Associated with his crack Fischer Chipmunk, deprived of podium at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 due to a mistake on a frangible obstacle and surprise elimination from the cross country at the European Championships at Pin-au-Haras last summer, the young forty-year-old will try to become the first rider to win a third individual Olympic eventing title. In the longer term, the young father, more open than when he started, dreams of joining the prestigious Mannschaft of jumping, a discipline which gives him just as much pleasure and in which he continues to progress. Meeting with an ambitious, modest and resolute man.
How are you feeling these days? Pretty good, I must say. I dedicated the beginning of the year to show jumping. My horses are in good shape. My first big event of the year was the Bordeaux International Jumping. I had fun there, especially during the indoor cross, which was played in a crazy atmosphere (and in which Michael took second place, editor’s note). Ignatz H (Bad-Wü, Inliner x Carolus II) was fantastic throughout. At nine years old, he’s still learning his trade, but he gave me a great feeling. It belongs to my wife (Faye Füllgraebe-Jung, who put it together…
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2024-05-23 08:05:07
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