Donna Spencer January 12, 2021 - 1:32 PM
Canadian show jumper Nicole Walker s appeal of a doping violation has been denied by the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
The Canadian show jumping team s disqualification from the 2019 Pan American Games stands, which means Canada won t have a team in the 2021 Tokyo Olympic Games.
Canada finished fourth in the Pan Am Games in Lima, Peru to qualify for Tokyo, but the disqualification of Walker s scores dropped the team to seventh.
Walker tested positive for a cocaine metabolite, which the 27-year-old from Aurora, Ont., says she inadvertently ingested by drinking coca tea.
Canada will be able to enter just one horse and rider in the individual event in Tokyo.
Canada finished fourth in the Pan Am Games in Lima, Peru to qualify for Tokyo, but the disqualification of Walker s scores dropped the team to seventh.
Walker tested positive for a cocaine metabolite, which the 27-year-old from Aurora, Ont., says she inadvertently ingested by drinking coca tea.
Canada will be able to enter just one horse and rider in the individual event in Tokyo.
The Court of Arbitration for Sport based in Lausanne, Switzerland heard joint appeals from Walker and Equestrian Canada on Dec. 21 and Dec. 23.
CAS announced its decision Tuesday and said in a statement that reasons for the decision will be given to Walker and Equestrian Canada in the coming weeks.
Donna Spencer
Canada s Nicole Walker rides Falco van Spieveld, during the Grand Prix event of the National at Spruce Meadows in Calgary, Saturday, June 8, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh December 20, 2020 - 8:29 AM
The reinstatement of Canada s show jumping team in the Tokyo Summer Olympics rides on upcoming appeals to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
Nicole Walker and Equestrian Canada are battling her doping violation at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru.
Her appeal is before the Swiss-based CAS on Monday and Wednesday. Walker argues she inadvertently ingested a cocaine metabolite by drinking coca tea in Lima.
She had a hearing Dec. 4, 2019, with the Panam Sports disciplinary commission, which disqualified her scores in the individual and team events in Lima.