‘I will always accept criticism’: former medal-winner responds following Olympic dressage disappointment

US rider Steffen Peters has responded to criticism of his “disappointing” performance in the Paris Olympic dressage grand prix on Wednesday (31 July).

The six-time Olympian and 16-year-old Suppenkasper, who were part of the silver-medal winning team at the Tokyo Games, scored an uncharacteristic 66.49%. This meant they came ninth of 10 in group F – and out of the qualifying scores for the individual medal-deciding grand prix freestyle on Sunday (4 August).

Steffen and Suppenkasper started off positively...