For the second time in a row, the final in this discipline will take place in Basel.

DISCIPLINE

Vaulting is acrobatic gymnastics on the back of a horse. With elegance, strength and dynamism, the athletes perform gymnastic exercises in harmony with the horse’s movements and the music on the horse, which is led in canter in a circle by the lunger.

CATEGORIES

The Final is held in three categories: women’s individual, men’s individual and pas-de-deux (two women, two men or a mixed pair). A maximum of eight female and eight male vaulters take part in the individual final plus five pairs in the Pas-de-Deux.

QUALIFICATION

The defending champions in all three categories are automatically qualified.

Also eligible to compete are the best-ranked

• four female and four male vaulters from Europe,
• two female and two male vaulters from North or South America,
• one female and one male vaulter from all other continents and
• four Pas-de-Deux.

All four- and three-star tournaments as well as the FEI Vaulting Championships in 2024 count as qualifying tournaments.

COMPETITION FORMAT

Two tests lead to the decision. For the individual athletes, test 1 is a technical test and competition 2 is a free test, also called freestyle. In the Pas-de-Deux, both tests are freestyle. For the final result, the result of the first test is weighted at 40 percent and the result of the second test at 60 percent.