Isabell Werth cops six-month ban for medication breach
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Five-time Olympic golden medallist Isabell Werth has received a six-month ban from the High German Equestrian Federation (FN) later on ane of her horses tested positive for a banned tum medicine.
It is the 2nd six-month ban received past times 44-year-old Werth inwards her dressage career. The rootage was inwards 2009, when she was institute guilty of giving Whisper the psychotropic drug fluphenazine.
The FN’s disciplinary commission, inwards imposing the latest ban on Tuesday, ruled that the finding of cimetidine inwards El Santo NRW’s blood amounted to a negligent breach of duty of attention inwards the stable operation, for which the passenger was responsible.
El Santo NRW was competing inwards the Rhineland Championships inwards Langenfeld concluding twelvemonth as well as underwent a blood test.
It revealed the presence of cimetidine, used for treating tum disorders inwards horses.
Cimetidine is listed inwards Federal Republic of Federal Republic of Germany every bit a banned gist inwards competition, simply is non classified every bit doping.
The committee did non convey the explanation that the Equus caballus must conduct keep ingested the drug through the stable watering system, proverb it was extremely unlikely.
The committee imposed a six-month ban, which applies at domicile as well as abroad. She was ordered to pay costs as well as a fine of of €2000.
Werth issued a disputation inwards Feb regarding the positive, saying: “El Santo was non treated amongst this medication. It is truthful that Warum Nicht, who stands inwards the same stable every bit El Santo, received hurting medication based on the severe pelvic injury he had sustained. Because these meds tin give the sack touching his stomach, he received the tum medication cimetidine.”
Werth said that, since the positive test, a squad had been looking for answers.
“Of course, I’m personally invested to clear the affair every bit rapidly every bit possible as well as I fully supoort all investigations,” she said.
“One thing is sure. Since El Santo arrived inwards my barn every bit a 4-year one-time he has never received whatever tum medication.”
She told roughly other media outlet at the time: “My witting is clear, El Santo has never needed a gist against tum ulcers.”
Werth had hoped she could testify that El Santo NRW was contaminated past times Warum Nicht. He lived inwards the adjoining stall as well as had been on long-term phenylbutazine for hurting relief for a fractured pelvis, as well as was given cimetidine to trim back the harmful side-effects on his stomach.
Werth has the correct of appeal.
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