Riders, horses all test clear of drugs at Olympics
All samples taken from riders as well as horses at the 2012 London Olympics tested clear for banned substances, FEI president Princess Haya has announced.
The build clean number puts to residuum the drugs debacle from the Beijing Games, inward which five horses tested positive for banned substances. More horses tested positive at Beijing than human athletes across the entire Games.
Athens inward 2004 was every bit good rocked past times a drugs scandal, with a gilded medal beingness forfeited over a drugs infringement.
“The FEI had a actually steep mount to climb later Athens as well as Hong Kong, merely nosotros had a build clean Youth Olympic Games, a build clean FEI World Equestrian Games as well as directly we’ve crowned it with a build clean Olympic Games inward London,” Haya said.
“We knew that fair play as well as build clean sport was the exclusively agency to make plough over sport inward the Olympic equestrian events as well as nosotros are really proud that nosotros conduct hold achieved that goal.
“The fact that all human as well as equine samples came dorsum negative demonstrates the success of the FEI Clean Sport campaign, which has resulted inward a major reduction inward the number of positives inward the Olympic disciplines over the past times ii as well as a one-half years.”
Haya said a rigorous as well as comprehensive testing programme was inward place.
All medallists’ horses were tested, summation all fourth-placed horses. Random testing was every bit good carried out, with computerised selection. For riders, the plough over 4 finishers, summation ii other athletes selected at random, were tested past times the IOC inward each event, along with other individuals selected at random.
“These were the virtually tested Games ever as well as nosotros every bit good tested for to a greater extent than substances than ever before,” Haya said.
“We worked manus inward manus with the Horseracing Forensic Laboratory inward Newmarket as well as give thank yous them for the speed with which they processed all the Olympic samples hence that nosotros could maintain a grade playing plain throughout the Games.”
“The equestrian community shouldn’t last thinking of this every bit a triumph. Having a build clean sport should last our normal day-to-day business, merely directly that we’ve had iii major championships that were the virtually heavily tested ever as well as they were 100 per cent clean.
“We tin concur our heads upward high as well as enjoin that yes, this is a victory. We haven’t reached this betoken past times resting on our laurels, there’s e'er function to last done as well as I am incredibly proud of the FEI’s performance over the 4 years since Hong Kong.”
Haya said it had been a existent squad effort, kick-started past times the recommendations of the Clean Sport Commission headed upward past times Professor Arne Ljungqvist as well as the Stevens Commission, Pb past times Lord Stevens.
“The national federations as well as the athletes as well as their back upward teams, every bit good every bit the squad at FEI Headquarters conduct hold all played a major purpose inward this success. Our community has actually embraced the Clean Sport campaign,” she said.
Ljungqvist, an International Olympic Committee (IOC) fellow member as well as vice-president of the World Anti-Doping Agency, congratulated the FEI.
“I am really happy to listen that the Clean Sport movement has led to such a successful as well as build clean Games as well as would similar to congratulate the FEI.”
Ljungqvist was on-site at Greenwich Park to picket the Individual Jumping Final on August 8, the same twenty-four hours that IOC President Jacques Rogge attended the Olympic equestrian events.
Lord Stevens, who led the Stevens Commission that worked with the Clean Sport Commission, every bit good attended the Olympic equestrian events.
“To conduct hold totally build clean Games at London 2012 is the best possible endorsement of the FEI’s Clean Sport campaign,” he said.
In congratulating the FEI, he said the number was due inward no small-scale mensurate to the huge amount of function that has been done on pedagogy inside the equestrian community.”
Haya called the 2012 Olympic Games the best ever for equestrian sport.
“The London 2012 equestrian events were actually incredible as well as Greenwich was a wonderful venue.
“We could non conduct hold wished for ameliorate sport as well as nosotros directly conduct hold a whole novel fan base, which has to last the best legacy nosotros could inquire for.
“Now nosotros conduct hold a duty to plough that fan base of operations into novel athletes hence that our sport tin maintain to thrive as well as grow.
“We owe a huge debt of thank yous to the whole LOCOG squad [Games organising body], merely especially to the Equestrian Competition Manager Tim Hadaway as well as venue full general managing director Jeremy Edwards as well as their teams for all their devotion to the cause. And, of course, to all the wonderful volunteers. These were the best Games ever for equestrian sport.”
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