After silver for Isabell Werth: TV icon Sostmeier fights back tears: "I'm going to step away for a moment"

ntv.de After silver for Isabell Werth: TV icon Sostmeier fights back tears: "I'm going to step away for a moment" 19 hours • 2 minutes reading time Carsten Sostmeier is a legend on the microphone. He is revered in many places for his special, rousing equestrian commentary. His emotions overcome him during his double victory in the Olympic dressage. He falls silent for a moment. The German double Olympic victory in dressage moved the legendary ARD equestrian commentator Carsten Sostmeier to tears. "Bella, Bella, Isabell Werth wins individual silver. That is incredibly touching and emotional. When do we experience moments like the ones the horses give us here," said the 64-year-old Sostmeier during the live broadcast, his voice breaking. "I'm going to step away for a moment," he added, and was briefly unheard. "This is a moment for eternity and we can experience it together. This is the gift of Wendy and the best dressage rider of all time, Isabell Werth," said Sostmeier. Jessica von Bredow-Werndl won individual gold in Paris ahead of Werth. Sostmeier also heaped praise on the 38-year-old winner and her mare Dalera. "It almost leaves you speechless. It is an absolute pleasure. They deliver with such perfection. And Dalera, it seems, is giving her legs to the rider so that they can dance together." A place of honor on the horse You have the feeling of "recognizing a smile on the mare's face, which literally conjures up the sun in the dressage arena." For von Bredow-Werndl, the place on the horse is not a workplace or a sports field "and certainly not a parade ground. For Jessica von Bredow-Werndl, the place behind her horse Dalera is a place of honor." The interaction between rider and horse impressed Sostmeier. It "harmonized" and not just "worked," he said. "That is the word that must be in the foreground. Always in the coexistence of a person with their horse. With every animal, also with every person." At the end, the commentator said goodbye with the words to moderator Alexander Bommes: "Oh Alex, I'm gasping for air for a moment, but it will come back." For many, Sostmeier is a cult commentator who has already described himself on his website as the "voice of equestrian sport." He has already been celebrated as a "horse whisperer" by professional TV critics and on social media.