Roy Masters16:53, Jul 23 2021
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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.
Stuff sports reporters13:44, Jul 22 2021
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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.
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The 36-year-old Victorian returned a postive A-sample for the illicit drug prior to the Olympics on Wednesday.
He has been provisionally suspended while further tests are conducted.
Kermond was controversially selected ahead of Australia s top-ranked show jumper after reports he had sponsorship ties to one of the team s selectors.
Australian Olympic show jumper Jamie Kermond has been suspended from the Tokyo Games after returning a positive sample for cocaine
Kermond was controversially selected ahead of Australia s top-ranked show jumper after reports he had sponsorship ties to one of the team s selectors Equestrian Australia has provisionally suspended Jumping athlete Jamie Kermond under the Australian National Anti-Doping Policy 2021, the Australian Olympic body said in a statement.