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Last Updated: Jan 25th, 2009 - 17:49:42 |
Olympic Games Beijing 2008
FEI Tribunal Takes a Final Decision in the Prohibited Substance Case Involving the Horse LANTINUS
(Lausanne, Switzerland) - The panel of the FEI Tribunal has rendered its final decision in the prohibited substance case involving the horse Lantinus 3 ridden by Denis Lynch (IRL) at the 2008 Olympic Games.
Oct 18, 2008, 09:14
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Prohibited Substance Case Chupa Chup: Brazil's Bernardo Alves Suspended, Fined and Disqualified from Olympic Games
The panel of the FEI Tribunal has rendered its final decision in the prohibited substance case involving the horse Chupa Chup ridden by Bernardo Alves (BRA) at the 2008 Olympic Games.
Oct 11, 2008, 08:20
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FEI Tribunal: Rodrigo Pessoa Suspended and Fined After Positive Doping Test
The panel of the FEI Tribunal has rendered its final decision in the prohibited substance case involving the horse Rufus ridden by Rodrigo Pessoa (BRA) at the 2008 Olympic Games.
Oct 3, 2008, 21:21
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Update on the Olympic Prohibited Substance Cases
Hearings with the FEI Tribunal in the five Olympic prohibited substance cases have now been held. An update on each case follows.
Oct 2, 2008, 08:20
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Courtney King-Dye Responds to FEI Tribunal Decision in the Positive Medication Case with Her Olympic Games Mount Mythilus
The FEI Tribunal has issued a decision in regards to the case of Courtney King-Dye On August 19, the final day of competition in Hong Kong, Mythilus tested positive for the non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug Felbinac, classified as a Medication A Prohibited Substances under the FEI Equine Prohibited List.
Sep 22, 2008, 20:54
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Doping / Medication Cases at the 2008 Olympic Games
(Lausanne, Switzerland) - Hearings took place in Lausanne this weekend in the Olympic cases of Bernardo Alves (BRA) and the horse Chupa Chup; Denis Lynch (IRL) and the horse Lantinus; and Courtney King-Dye (USA) and the horse Mythilus. The riders were in attendance accompanied by their legal counsels. The FEI was represented by members of its Legal Department.
Sep 8, 2008, 23:40
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SHOWJUMPING: Another Positive Dope Test- Rodrigo Pessoa and Rufus Added To List
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| Rodrigo Pessoa and Rufus at the 2008 Olympic Games Beijing (photo: Kit Houghton/FEI) |
The FEI has received notification of an additional and final doping/medication case at the 2008 Olympic Games involving top Brazilian rider Rodrigo Pessoa and his horse Rufus.
Sep 1, 2008, 19:20
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USEF and King-Dye Respond to FEI Press Release Regarding Positive Drug Test of Mythilus at 2008 Olympic Games
(Lexington, KY, USA) − Following a routine drug test on August 19 at the 2008 Olympic Games in Hong Kong, Mythilus, a US dressage horse, ridden by Courtney King-Dye, was found to have tested positive for Felbinac. Felbinac is considered a class A prohibited substance by the FEI. Felbinac is usually applied topically for the relief of local pain and inflammation and belongs to a group of medicines called non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs).
Aug 27, 2008, 21:09
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Olympic Show Jumpers 'B' Samples Test Positive; Dressage Horse Mythilus Also Positive
The FEI has received confirmation that the B samples for the four cases involving the presence of the banned substance capsaicin have all yielded positive test results, thus confirming the initial positive findings from the A samples. US Olympic Dressage rider Courtney King-Dye's ride Mythilus, has tested positive for the banned substance Felbinac.
Aug 27, 2008, 21:02
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JUMPING: Canada's Eric Lamaze and Hickstead Win Individual Gold
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| Eric Lamaze (CAN) and Hickstead fly to Olympic gold (photo: Kit Houghton/FEI) |
(Hong Kong, China) - Canada's Eric Lamaze claimed individual Jumping gold on the final equestrian evening of the 2008 Olympic Games at Sha Tin stadium in Hong Kong tonight (Thursday), pipping Sweden's Rolf-Goran Bengtsson in a thrilling two-way jump-off against the clock. And on a night full of surprises it was American stalwart, Beezie Madden, who collected the bronze.
Aug 21, 2008, 17:23
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JUMPING: Positive Dope Tests May Strip Norway of Bronze Medal
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| (photo: Kit Houghton/FEI) |
(Hong Kong, China) - Four combinations will not be competing in the Jumping individual final competition held tonight (Thursday, 21 August). They have been provisionally suspended by the FEI further to doping/medication control tests that indicated the presence of capsaicin in each horse.
Aug 21, 2008, 06:27
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DRESSAGE: Olympic Gold Hat Trick For Anky
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| Individual Dressage Medalists: silver for Isabell (GER); gold for Anky (NED) and bronze for Heike (GER) (photo: Kit Houghton/FEI) |
(Hong Kong, China) - Anky Van Grunsven claimed her third consecutive individual gold medal at the equestrian stadium in Hong Kong tonight (Tuesday). Lying second, but only 0.24% behind Germany's Isabell Werth after Saturday's Grand Prix Special, the Dutch star came into her own in the Freestyle to Music (Kur) which in recent years she has made all her own. And as Salinero danced his way to victory, Werth had to settle for silver with Satchmo while fellow team gold medallist, Heike Kemmer, claimed third with Bonaparte.
Aug 19, 2008, 16:21
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JUMPING: Appeal Committee Makes Decision - Britian's John Whitaker Ouf of Games
(Hong Kong, China) - Following a meeting of the Appeal Committee – Jumping held at Sha Tin at 4pm on 18 August 2008, the Appeal Committee has upheld the objections of seven national teams as to the eligibility of John Whitaker to jump in the second round of the Team Competition – Jumping. The Chef de Mission of the Great Britain Team has been informed that John Whitaker is not eligible to compete in the second round, and also therefore in the final.
Aug 18, 2008, 21:57
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JUMPING: US Team Crowned Olympic Champions
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| Gold for Team USA (photo: Kit Houghton/FEI) |
(Hong Kong) - The USA pipped Canada for Team Jumping gold in a thrilling third-round jump-off at Sha Tin Stadium in Hong Kong tonight (Monday). And Norway climbed all the way up from overnight joint-sixth place to take the bronze thanks to a spirited team performance.
Aug 18, 2008, 21:46
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DRESSAGE: Isabell Leads Individual Competition But Anky Hot On Her Heels
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| Germany's Isabell Werth and Satchmo are in the lead....just (photo: Kit Houghton/FEI) |
(Hong Kong, China) - Germany's Isabell Werth took another step closer to claiming the individual Olympic dressage gold medal when winning the Grand Prix Special at the equestrian stadium at Sha Tin in Hong Kong tonight (Saturday). But a moment of sheer drama during her test with Satchmo ensured that she holds only a slender lead over her great rival, The Netherlands' Anky Van Grunsven, going into Tuesday night's medal-decider, the Kur, which now promises to be a thriller.
Aug 16, 2008, 14:23
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EVENTING: FEI Addresses Changes Made To Cross Country Course
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| FEI President HRH Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein (photo: Kit Houghton/FEI) |
(Hong Kong, China) - A press conference with the FEI President, FEI First and Second Vice Presidents, FEI Secretary General, the Chairman of the FEI Eventing Committee Wayne Roycroft and Olympic Technical Delegate for Eventing Giuseppe della Chiesa was held today at the Olympic core equestrian venue in Hong Kong. The main topics were the shortened distance for the Cross Country course – 4560m instead of 5700 as expected – and the slight modification to a fence on the Cross Country course brought on shortly before the beginning of the competition upon the request of the President on the basis of concerns over safety expressed by several team members. These topics had raised considerable interest and were subjects of discussion among the teams, officials and media.
Aug 15, 2008, 19:30
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JUMPING: US Show Jumpers Take Prime Position After First Qualifier
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| Beezie Madden and Authentic help put the US team into first place (photo: Kit Houghton/FEI) |
(Hong Kong, China) – The Jumping discipline of the 2008 Olympic Games kicked off at Sha Tin stadium in Hong Kong tonight with a one-round competition which decided the starting order for Sunday's first round of the team event. 73 horses went to task over a beautiful course designed by Leopoldo Palacios and Steve Stephens.
Aug 15, 2008, 17:06
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Hong Kong Gives The Olympic Shetland Ponies New Chinese Names
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| “Remarkable” and “Precious” enjoy their celebrity status and their beautiful new home in Hong Kong. (Photo courtesy Angela Kong of the Hong Kong Equestrian Federation) |
(Hong Kong, China) - The Hong Kong Equestrian Federation (HKEF) in conjunction with the Hong Kong Jockey Club, hosted a Name the Ponies Contest for the two Shetland Ponies the American Shetland Pony Club (ASPC) donated to HKEF in recognition of Hong Kong’s outstanding effort to host the 2008 Olympic and Paralympic Equestrian games.
Aug 15, 2008, 15:53
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DRESSAGE: Brentina Given Clean Bill of Health after Uncharacteristic Performance at 2008 Olympic Games
(Hong Kong, China) – After receiving the lowest score of her career (63.00%), all of Brentina’s connections were concerned that despite training absolutely phenomenally every day leading up to the Games, there may have been something physically wrong with the gallant 17-year-old Hanoverian mare.
Aug 15, 2008, 08:17
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DRESSAGE: Gold For Team Germany In Team Competition While Isabel Werth Leads Individually
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| Gold For the German Team: (l-r) Nadine Capellmann, Heike Kemmer, Isabel Werth (photo: Kit Houghton/FEI) |
(Hong Kong, China) - As expected after yesterday's first session, it was the Germans who claimed Dressage team gold at the Sha Tin Olympic Stadium in Hong Kong tonight (Thursday), with victory sealed by an emphatic test from Isabell Werth and Satchmo in the closing stages.
Aug 14, 2008, 13:50
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DRESSAGE: Heike Kemmer Leads The Way After First Day of Grand Prix
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| Heike Kemmer and Bonaparte lead the way for Germany (photo: Kit Houghton/FEI) |
(Hong Kong, China) - Germany's Heike Kemmer and Bonaparte threw down the gauntlet when producing a superb test to take the individual lead after the first session of the Dressage Team Grand Prix at Sha Tin on Wednesday night. And her dominant performance suggests that her nation's team record at Olympic Games - gold at every edition since 1964 except for Munich in 1972 – is unlikely to be broken in Hong Kong in 2008.
Aug 13, 2008, 14:40
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EVENTING: Double Olympic Gold For Germany; Hinrich Romeike New Olympic Champion
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| individual Eventing Olympic medallists: Hinrich Romeike (GER), gold; Gina Miles (USA), silver; and Tina Cook (GBR), bronze (photo: (c) Kit Houghton/FEI) |
(Hong Kong, China) - In the Team competition Germany has taken the Gold, while Australia takes the silver, and Great Britain takes bronze.
It was an amazing nail-biting finish in the individual competition...Hinrich Romeike and Marius made it double-gold for Germany, while American rider Gina Miles and McKinlaigh won the silver, and British rider Tina Cook and Miners Frolic won the bronze!
Aug 12, 2008, 11:59
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EVENTING: Germany Moves Into Top Spots In Team and Individual Competition; Hinrich Romeike and Marius Lead The Way
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| Hinrich Romeike and Marius take the lead for Germany (photo: Kit Houghton/FEI) |
(Hong Kong, China) - It was a great day for the Olympic sport of Eventing – both in front of and behind the scenes. Expert riding and years of planning greatly paid off, and a big helping hand from Mother Nature. 70 horses took on Mike Etherington-Smith’s cross country course, which was modified due to the heat, and 60 horses completed, but not one horse achieved the optimum time of eight minutes.
Aug 11, 2008, 09:33
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EVENTING: Team & Individual after Cross Country
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| Cross Country Course Designer - Mike Etherington-Smith with one of his creations (photo: Kit Houghton/FEI) |
Team and Individual Results after Cross Country
Aug 11, 2008, 05:30
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DRESSAGE: Horses Presented For First Horse Inspection
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| Horse Inspection (photo: Kit Houghton/FEI) |
(Hong Kong, China) - The horses that will compete in the Dressage competition of the Olympic Games later this week took their turn to trot before the Ground Jury and veterinary officials today at Sha Tin in Hong Kong.
Aug 10, 2008, 23:09
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DRESSAGE: Beatriz Ferrer Salat and Faberge Out Of Games
Spain is out of team medal contention as Beatriz Ferrer-Salat has had to withdraw her black Hanoverian horse Faberge from the Olympic dressage competition due to a leg injury.
Aug 10, 2008, 14:22
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EVENTING: Australian's Maintain Gold Position With Lucinda Leading The Way
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| Ingrid Klimke and Abraxxas move into third for Germany (photo: Kit Houghton/FEI) |
(Hong Kong, China) - Australia’s Lucinda Fredericks and Headley Britannia have maintained their lead and are heading into tomorrow’s cross country phase in the gold medal position. None of the riders participating in this morning’s early final dressage session could beat Lucinda’s score of 30.40, although Germany's Ingrid Klimke and Abraxxas came the closest of the day, earning 33.50 for their lovely test. Karin Donckers of Belgium, aboard Gazelle de la Brasserie have maintained their second place on 31.70.
Aug 10, 2008, 09:06
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EVENTING: Lucinda Fredericks Leads For Australia; More Disappointment for France
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| Belgium's Karen Donckers and Gazelle de la Brasserie (photo: Kit Houghton)/FEI) |
(Hong Kong, China) - Australia’s Lucinda Fredericks took an early morning lead, which she held onto with Headley Britannia on a score of 30.40. The diminutive chestnut mare doesn’t have much trot to work with but Lucinda rode a masterful test and did not give a point away.
Aug 9, 2008, 07:57
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EVENTING: Two Horses Fail First Horse Inspection
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| First Eventers for China: Alex Hua-Tian and Chico pass the veterinary inspection (photo: Kit Houghton/FEI) |
(Hong Kong, China) - There was disappointment for Chile's Ricardo Stangher and Brazil's Fabricio Salgado when their horses – Literal and Butterfly – failed to pass the first veterinary inspection for Eventing horses at the Olympic core venue at Sha Tin in Hong Kong this afternoon.
Aug 8, 2008, 06:56
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EVENTING: Espoir de la Mare Is Withdrawn from French Eventing Squad
(Hong Kong, China) - The French Eenting squad suffered a heavy blow this afternoon with the news that Jean Teulere's star performer Espoir de la Mare has been withdrawn from the 2008 Olympic Games on veterinary advice.
Aug 7, 2008, 19:54
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EVENTING: Olympic Ground Jury for Eventing Approves Shortened Cross Country Course
(Hong Kong) - On 6 August 2008 , the Veterinary Commission, the Course Designer and the Technical Delegate presented to the Ground Jury, the Olympic Eventing Cross Country course at Beas River of a distance of 4,560 metres (with a optimum time of 8 minutes) with 39 jumping efforts.
Aug 7, 2008, 19:52
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OLYMPIC JUMPING PREVIEW
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| Canadian Ian Millar will become the only person to ride in nine Olympic Games (photo: (c) Cealy Tetley) |
Key Facts: 28 nations; 79 horses and riders + 14 reserve horses and riders; 16 teams
If the form-book has anything to do with it then the fate of the 2008 Olympic Jumping medals is already decided – and most of them are hanging around German necks. Riders from 28 nations will compete in the Olympic show jumping discipline and a total of 16 countries will battle it out for the team honours including Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Great Britain, Germany, Saudi Arabia, Mexico, The Netherlands, Norway, New Zealand, Switzerland, Sweden, The Ukraine and the USA.
Aug 6, 2008, 10:10
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OLYMPIC DRESSAGE PREVIEW
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| (photo: (c) Dirk Caremans) |
Key Facts: 22 nations which is the highest number of nations ever. From 1984 to 2004, 18 nations were represented in the Dressage competition. The lowest number – four – was recorded in 1932 in Los Angeles where many nations were unable to travel because of the 1930s economic crisis; 50 riders and horses + 6 reserve riders and horses; 14 teams of three riders
The stage is set for another classic clash of the two super-stars of international Dressage. And a rule-change for the team event guarantees edge-of-the-seat excitement in this discipline from the outset.
Aug 6, 2008, 09:18
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OLYMPIC EVENTING PREVIEW
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| Nicolas Touzaint aboard Galan de Sauvagère, members of the French gold medal winning team in Athens in 2004 (photo: Kit Houghton) |
Key Facts: 24 nations; 11 nations with teams; 73 riders and horses
The battle for medals in Eventing at the 2008 Olympic Games promises to be a fascinating one. Riders from 25 nations will line out in challenging weather conditions and, further fuelling the excitement, the lead-in period has seen the return of one of the greatest exponents of the sport, disappointment for the confident British who might have expected to dominate, and the continuing rise of a prodigious French talent.
Aug 6, 2008, 09:05
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VIP's - Very Important Passengers Head For Hong Kong
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| The flight stalls with the Olympic horses are being loaded into the aircraft (photo: (c) Peter Nixon) |
An FEI crew was given the rare opportunity to be present during the departure of 13 horses from Schiphol Airport, Amsterdam and 24 horses from Stansted Airport near London.
Aug 3, 2008, 14:32
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