Shock moment Swedish Olympic showjumper and Mexican rider are BOTH thrown from their horses during the men's individual final in Paris

Drama unfolded successful nan men's Olympic individual showjumping last connected Tuesday arsenic 2 riders were thrown from their horses successful abstracted incidents arsenic they made their measurement astir nan people astatine nan Palace of Versailles. 

Swedish rider and world No 1 Henrick von Eckermann was shockingly thrown from his equine and into a sign, during his information astatine nan event, while Mexico's Andres Azcarraga was astir thrown into a excavation of h2o by his horse. 

BBC commentators Andy Austin and Nick Luck were near perplexed by nan incident that saw Von Eckermann suffer power of his horse, King Edward, arsenic he made his measurement astir nan course.

The duo were astir 35 seconds into their tally and were going good erstwhile King Edward appeared to suffer his equilibrium coming down from a jump.

The equine subsequently galloped towards nan broadside of nan arena, wherever he stopped suddenly, throwing Von Eckermann forwards, caput complete heels into a portion of apparatus.

The rider seemed to deed nan level first pinch nan soles of his feet earlier his backmost landed connected nan dusty crushed and luckily, while he appeared to beryllium jaded by nan fall, he quickly roseate to his feet to locomotion aft King Edward, who had galloped disconnected successful nan different direction. 

The Swede, who clinched golden astatine Tokyo 2020 successful squad jumping and 2 golden medals successful nan 2022 World Championships, was eliminated pursuing nan fall.

Austin told nan BBC that it was 'the astir bonzer thing' he had ever seen.

Eurosport commentator, Richard Vaughan, stated: 'I can’t judge it.

'Something was not right. He looked a spot overseas yesterday, I thought they did very good to scramble astir but it has each fallen apart.

'It was unravelling earlier on. They sewage complete nan large double past nan h2o seemed OK but past aft that, nan equine seemed to tally away.'

Mexico's Azcarraga besides took a concerning tumble and narrowly avoided plunging into a excavation of h2o situated successful nan mediate of nan showjumping arena.

A video posted connected societal media saw nan rider narrowly hanging connected for beloved life to nan horse's reins aft falling to nan crushed spinning.

Germany's Christian Kukuk would spell connected to declare golden connected committee Checker 47 while Steve Guerdat and Dynamix De Belheme would return silver. 

The Netherlands' Maikel van der Vleuten and Beauville Z took bronze, while Team GB's Scott Brash and Ben Maher would travel sixth and ninth respectively. 

Earlier this morning, chap Brit Harry Charles announced that he would not beryllium competing successful nan individual jumps. 

It came aft nan 3 island riders had claimed golden successful nan squad jumps past week. But Charles' horse, Romeo 88, appeared to person sustained an injury, ruling nan duo retired of today's event. 

Charles is besides making love nan girl of nan precocious Apple CEO, Steve Jobs, Eve, an American model, who besides competes successful showjumping.

He took to Instagram connected Tuesday greeting to authorities that Romeo 88 had suffered a 'small overreach' and had opted to not compete arsenic a precautionary measure.

'Unfortunately, maine and Romeo will not commencement nan individual last coming successful Paris,' he posted connected his Instagram connected Monday,' Charles wrote successful a station connected Instagram.

'After a mini overreach yesterday he is not rather nan 110 per cent that he has been nan full Games. 

'Maybe I americium a small disappointed but, honestly, not really. He has fixed maine truthful overmuch and took maine beyond my dreams. We're leaving Paris pinch a golden badge and, much importantly, a happy Romeo truthful that's measurement much than capable for me.

'Team GB person a awesome changeable astatine nan medals pinch 2 of nan champion coming successful Scott and Ben truthful we will beryllium connected nan sidelines cheering them on.

'Thank you to everyone for each nan support you person fixed maine and Romeo passim nan Games and making it an acquisition of a lifetime.'

An overreach wounded occurs wherever a horse's backmost hoof striking it's forelimb. 

The separator of nan hoof aliases footwear tin make crisp interaction pinch 1 of nan horse's beforehand limbs, causing wounds and lacerations that tin beryllium terrible aliases moreover life threatening injuries. 

Horses tin often trim into their bottommost bulbs erstwhile running, which tin typically sideline nan animal for a mates of weeks.