what happened at the 2018 weg endurance championship
Endurance officials cited a potentially dangerously high combination of heat and humidity, along with trail conditions following heavy rains earlier in the afternoon when they canceled the ride.| Photo: Photo: FEI/Martin Dokoupil

Medals in each of the Fédération Equestre Internationale’s (FEI) eight disciplines are awarded at the 2018 World Equestrian Games (WEG), which wrapped up at the Tryon International Equestrian Center, in Mill Spring, North Carolina, over the weekend.

Make that seven disciplines.

The very first competition to get underway at the FEI WEG Tryon 2018 on Sept. 12, endurance, suffered delays and chaos at the start, was hastily revamped into a shortened version of the race, and, within hours, was canceled altogether

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