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Aust jumpers get Olympic nod to ride as individuals

Horsetalk.co.nz Edwina Tops-Alexander pictured at the 2016 Rio Games. © AOC Australian showjumpers Edwina Tops-Alexander and Katie Laurie are being allowed to compete in the individual jumping competition at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. The pair had been part of a three-person team with Jamie Kermond, who was provisionally suspended this week after returning a positive test for cocaine. The team’s reserve member, Rowan Willis, had already withdrawn. Late yesterday, the Australian Olympic Committee was informed that the pair will be permitted to compete as individuals. The decision means Australia is now fielding two individuals for the event, whereas 15 other countries have one individual representative. There will be 19 countries competing for team honours.

Withdrawal, suspension leave Australia s Olympic showjumping hopes in disarray

Horsetalk.co.nz Edwina Tops-Alexander and Identity Vitseroel. © Edwina Tops-Alexander Equestrian Australia is working with the country’s Olympic Committee and the FEI on “a solution” for its showjumping riders at Tokyo 2020, after one of the team’s three members was suspended. Team member Jamie Kermond was provisionally suspended this week under the Australian National Anti-Doping Policy. Following a test conducted by Sport Integrity Australia on June 26,  2021, Kermond’s A-sample tested positive for a metabolite of cocaine, which is prohibited in-competition by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and the Australian National Anti-Doping Policy. Kermond is prohibited from participating in any WADA compliant event, including the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, while the provisional suspension is in place. Kermond has the opportunity to have his B-sample analysed, Equestrian Australia said in a statement, adding that the organisation had offered support services to Kermond.

Tokyo Olympics: Kiwi showjumper gets green light to compete after Australian team-mate s drug scandal

Roy Masters16:53, Jul 23 2021 John Cowpland/AlphaPix/Stuff Katie Laurie, pictured at the 2014 Horse of the Year show in Hastings, has been give the all-clear to compete at the Games. A marathon meeting between executives of equestrian’s governing body and the International Olympic Committee led to Australia’s two female showjumpers being free to compete as individuals at the Tokyo Olympics. The disqualification of equestrian Jamie Kermond from the Australian showjumping team for a doping breach and the failure of the travelling reserve, Rowan Willis, to quarantine his horse on time, meant the team could not compete in Tokyo. It also threatened the possibility of the remaining riders securing individual slots.

Tokyo Olympics: Kiwi showjumper in limbo after Australian teammate s cocaine scandal

Stuff sports reporters13:44, Jul 22 2021 John Cowpland/AlphaPix/Stuff Katie Laurie, pictured at the 2014 Horse of the Year show in Hastings, may have her Tokyo Olympic Games participation in jeopardy due to cocaine use by an Australian teammate. Former New Zealand Olympian Katie Laurie s Tokyo Olympic hopes are in limbo after a cocaine scandal involving an Australian showjumping teammate. Laurie (formerly McVean) rode for New Zealand at the 2008 Beijing Olympics but has since switched her allegiance to Australia. She was named in Australia s three-person showjumping team for Tokyo, but will now have to wait to find out if she can compete as an individual after her teammate, Jamie Kermond, was suspended after testing positive for a metabolite of cocaine on June 26.

Tokyo Olympics 2021: Jamie Kermond s doping breach spells disaster for equestrian teammates medal hopes

Tokyo Olympics 2021: Jamie Kermond s doping breach spells disaster for equestrian teammates medal hopes
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