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Sunday, 23 May 2021 Beijing 2008 gold medallist Eric Lamaze has announced he does not want to be considered for selection for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games on health grounds. Lamaze published a statement confirming his intention to withdraw from consideration, with the 53-year-old one of five athletes named on a shortlist to compete for Canada in the showjumping events at the Games. Lamaze said he has been undergoing treatment for a brain tumour for the past three years and is being supported b...

TOKYO: Players in action during the 10m air pistol mixed team event of the Tokyo Olympics at Asaka Shooting Range on Tuesday.—Reuters TOKYO: A top medical organisation has thrown its weight behind calls to cancel the Tokyo Olympics saying hospitals are already overwhelmed as the country battles a spike in coronavirus infections less than three months from the start of the Games. The Tokyo Medical Practitioners Association representing about 6,000 primary care doctors said hospitals in the Gam...

Japanese Medical Group Asks Organizers to Cancel Tokyo Olympics May 18, 2021 A spectator raises a paper sign reading It is impossible to hold the Olympics, face up to reality along the race route during the half-marathon as part of Hokkaido-Sapporo Marathon Festival 2021. Share share The URL has been copied to your clipboard 0:00 0:03:47 0:00 Pop-out player A top Japanese medical organization representing 6,000 doctors is now calling for the country to cancel this summer’s Tokyo Olympics. The...

Send A top medical organization has thrown its weight behind calls to cancel the Tokyo Olympics saying hospitals are already overwhelmed as the country battles a spike in coronavirus infections less than three months from the start of the Games. The Tokyo Medical Practitioners Association representing about 6,000 primary care doctors said hospitals in the Games host city “have their hands full and have almost no spare capacity” amid a surge in infections. “We strongly request that the aut...

Canadas most decorated show jumper has withdrawn from consideration for the Tokyo Olympics. The Canadian Press BRUSSELS — Canadas most decorated show jumper wont compete in the Tokyo Olympics. Eric Lamaze, owner of Olympic gold, silver and bronze medals, has withdrawn from Equestrian Canadas short list for the Summer Games. Three years of treatment for a brain tumour, the global COVID-19 situation and the inability of Canada to send a full show jumping team to Tokyo factored into his decision...

Eric Lamaze is among the five showjumpers shortlisted to represent Canada individually at the Tokyo Olympics. Last week Equestrian Canada announced the riders bidding for the one individual showjumping space available at the Games. Also on the list are Erynn Ballard, Mario Deslauriers, Tiffany Foster and Amy Millar. Three of team Canada’s 2016 Rio Olympic squad are on the roster; Eric, Tiffany and Amy. If selected, Tokyo will be 53-year-old Eric’s fourth Games. He won individual gold and te...

Donna Spencer Canadas Nicole Walker rides Falco van Spieveld, during the Grand Prix event of the National at Spruce Meadows in Calgary, Saturday, June 8, 2019. The worlds top sport court determined Canadian show jumper Nicole Walker inadvertently ingested a cocaine metabolite drinking South American tea, but did not reinstate the Canadian team for this summers Tokyo Olympics. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh May 04, 2021 - 11:40 AM The worlds top sport court determin...

Bruynseels wins Doha Grand Prix with Delux van T & L  07 Mar 2021 - 9:22 Jan Tops, Founder and President of Longines Global Champions Tour, and Hamad bin Abdul Rahman Al Attiyah, President of the Qatar and Asian Equestrian Federations, posing for a photograph with the podium winners of the Global Champions League Of Doha at The Longines Arena At Al Shaqab, yesterday. Rizwan Rehmat/ The Peninsula Experts say Delux van T & L is one of the finest horses on the circuit. If anyone had a doubt abo...

 02 Mar 2021 - 9:34 General aerial views of the iconic Longines Arena at Al Shaqab, photographed by Azzam Al Manna. The Longines Arena at Al Shaqab will host the opening round of the Longines Global Champions Tour (LGCT) from March 4 to 6. The Peninsula Doha: Just four days after Germany’s Christian Ahlmann stormed to CHI Al Shaqab Doha Grand Prix title win with Dominator 2000 Z, equestrian fans can savour another world-class show jumping event this week.  The opening round of the massivel...