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Doping cases rock equestrian

Thu 21st, August 2008

Hong Kong, China (Sports Network) - The doping cases at the Olympics have now reached the horses, as three riders were excluded from the jumping medal competition Thursday due to equine doping.

The individuals have been provisionally suspended by equestrian's international governing body (FEI) due to doping control tests that indicated the presence of capsaicin in each horse. Capsaicin is classified as a doping prohibited substance given its hypersensitizing properties, mostly for pain relief.

Coster, the horse of Germany's Christian Ahlmann; Chupa Chup, the horse of Brazil's Bernardo Alves; Latinus, the horse of Ireland's Denis Lynch; and Camiro, the horse of Norway's Tony Andre Hansen, were all announced as doping violators.

Hansen, Lynch and Alves were set to compete Thursday, but Ahlmann wasn't entered in the event.

Confirmatory analysis of the B-samples will be carried out shortly, according to FEI.

Because of the suspensions, Norway could lose its bronze medal for the team jumping competition.

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