Four Olympic Jumpers Suspended after Prohibited Substance Found
You'd THINK that if you're going to something as huge as the Olympics, you'd refrain from drugging your horses...
I guess the 'duh factor' doesn't apply to some people...
The suspended pairs are:
* Tony Andre Hansen/Camiro, a member of the bronze-medal-winning Norwegian team, ranked in first place coming into the individual finals)
* Denis Lynch/Latinus, individual competitor for Ireland, standing in eighth place
* Bernardo Alves/Chupa Chup, individual competitor for Brazil, ranked 27th
* Christian Ahlmann/Cöster, German team member, in 31st place going into the individual finals.
What's especially odd about these suspensions is that all four horses tested positive for the same banned substance: capsaicin, which is the ingredient that gives chili peppers their heat. It's prohibited in FEI competition because it can make a horse's skin ultra-sensitive (which, in jumping, presumably could make him extra-loath to touch an obstacle) and because it also has pain-relieving properties.
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I guess the 'duh factor' doesn't apply to some people...
The suspended pairs are:
* Tony Andre Hansen/Camiro, a member of the bronze-medal-winning Norwegian team, ranked in first place coming into the individual finals)
* Denis Lynch/Latinus, individual competitor for Ireland, standing in eighth place
* Bernardo Alves/Chupa Chup, individual competitor for Brazil, ranked 27th
* Christian Ahlmann/Cöster, German team member, in 31st place going into the individual finals.
What's especially odd about these suspensions is that all four horses tested positive for the same banned substance: capsaicin, which is the ingredient that gives chili peppers their heat. It's prohibited in FEI competition because it can make a horse's skin ultra-sensitive (which, in jumping, presumably could make him extra-loath to touch an obstacle) and because it also has pain-relieving properties.
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