Three-time Olympic gold medalist dressage star Charlotte Dujardin has been banned for one 12 months and fined for “excessively” whipping a horse.
Video went viral simply days earlier than the start of the 2024 Paris Olympics, the place Dujardin was seen repeatedly whipping a horse round its legs.
The British athlete withdrew from the Video games because of the video, and he or she was accused of “engaging in conduct contrary to the principles of horse welfare.”
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Charlotte Dujardin with Imhotep throughout the competitors throughout the Staff Grand Prix introduced by Helgstrand Dressage Half 2 on the FEI European Championships Dressage 2023 on September 7, 2023, in Horstel, Germany. (Jenny Musall/DeFodi Photographs through Getty Photographs)
The FEI, the world governing physique of equestrian sports activities, dished out the worldwide ban on Thursday, whereas additionally fining Dujardin 10,000 Swiss Francs.
The suspension is backdated to the start of her provisional suspension, making her eligible to compete once more in July 2025.
“I fully respect the verdict issued by the Federation for Equestrian Sports (FEI), released today,” Dujardin stated, per BBC.com.
“As the federation has recognized, my actions in the video do not reflect who I am, and I can only apologize again. I understand the responsibility that comes with my position in the sport, and I will forever aim to do better.”
Charlotte Dujardin poses along with her horse Pete (Imhotep) throughout a Staff GB Paris 2024 Olympic Video games equestrian workforce announcement at Oakelbrook Mill on July 2, 2024, in Newent, England. (Dan Istitene/Getty Photographs)
On the time of the video surfacing, Dujardin stated that it was “from four years ago . . . which shows me making an error of judgment during a coaching session.”
“Understandably, the International Federation for Equestrian Sports (FEI) is investigating, and I have made the decision to withdraw from all competition — including the Paris Olympics — while this process takes place,” she stated in an announcement then.
Dujardin received two of her three gold medals in 2012, successful the workforce and particular person dressage occasions. She would go on to win gold within the particular person occasion in 2016 in Rio in addition to a silver medal within the workforce occasion.
The rider Charlotte Dujardin from Nice Britain on the horse “Imhotep” waves. (Rolf Vennenbernd/image alliance through Getty Photographs)
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In Toyko, Dujardin received bronze in each workforce and particular person occasions.
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