GB's Dujardin given provisional ban and out of Games

Laura Scott, BBC sports news correspondent
Joe Rindl, BBC Sport journalist
Published 23 July 2024
Updated 1 hour ago

Charlotte Dujardin, Britain's joint-most decorated female Olympian, has been provisionally suspended by equestrian's governing body the FEI.

The dressage star had already pulled out of Paris 2024 after a video emerged which she said showed her "making an error of judgement".

The FEI said it had received footage showing three-time Olympic gold medallist Dujardin "engaging in conduct contrary to the principles of horse welfare - during a training session conducted at Ms Dujardin's private stable".

A lawyer representing the claimant who filed an official complaint against Dujardin to the FEI said in an accompanying letter seen by the BBC "the video shows Ms Dujardin beating a horse excessively with a whip".

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