2 horses fail dope tests, Guerdat banned
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SWISS rider Steve Guerdat, the individual showjumping gold medalist at the 2012 London Olympics, has been provisionally banned after two of his horses failed doping tests, the international equestrian federation (FEI) said yesterday.
Guerdat’s horses Nino des Buissonnets and Nasa both tested positive for banned substance codeine and the controlled medication substance morphine, with the former also testing positive for oripavine at an event in the French town of La Baule in May, the FEI said.
The 33-year-old Guerdat, who also won bronze at the 2008 Beijing Games, is subject to a mandatory provisional suspension in the event of a positive test prior to the opportunity for a full hearing. The horses are suspended for two months.
“The FEI offers the athlete... and the horse owner the opportunity for a preliminary hearing before the FEI tribunal to request the lifting of the provisional suspensions,” the body said.
FEI secretary general Sabrina Zeender added: “The presence in all these samples of oripavine, which is not found in any veterinary products, suggests that this could be contamination, but obviously we still have to follow standard procedure. The combination of oripavine, morphine and codeine have frequently been seen in contamination cases from other equestrian sport regulators.”
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