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Date Posted: 07:02:12 10/19/04 Tue GMT
Author: Lynn
Subject: Irish Olympic Star rebuffs cheating claims (Washington Post)

washingtonpost.com

Irish Olympic Star Rebuffs Cheating Claims

By SHAWN POGATCHNIK
The Associated Press
Monday, October 11, 2004; 6:21 PM


DUBLIN, Ireland - An equestrian doping scandal could cost Ireland its only gold medal from the Athens Olympics.

Cian O'Connor won the individual show jumping gold aboard Waterford Crystal, but the horse was one of four who tested positive for banned drugs. If a second test turns up positive, the gold medal could be taken away and awarded to silver medalist Rodrigo Pessoa of Brazil.

The International Equestrian Federation (FEI), said Friday that four horses tested positive for banned substances during the Aug. 13-29 games. While FEI did not disclose the names of the horses or riders, the national federations did, and Waterford Crystal was on the list.

O'Connor has since admitted another of his top-performing horses, ABC Landliebe, tested positive for a banned substance in Rome in May. The rider plans to appeal both findings.

"It's an absolutely innocent item that happened in both cases," O'Connor said Monday as he and his veterinarian, James Sheehan, answered questions on Ireland's state radio station.

Both said the horses had received sedatives - ABC Landliebe for back pain, Waterford Crystal for an injured leg - a month before their competitions. They expected all traces of the drugs to be out of the horses' systems within days.

Sheeran said he often administered the same sedative to horses during rest periods between competitions over the past five years.

Among the other horses who tested positive for a banned substance at the Olympics was Goldfever, ridden by Ludger Beerbaum of Germany's gold medal-winning quartet in team jumping.
© 2004 The Associated Press

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