Category — Equestrian

Let’s file this under the “We’ve never heard of that” category. Seriously, this is our first time to hear that three equestrian gold medalists in Athens 2004 were stripped of their medals because their horses didn’t pass doping tests.

So we’re like, “What? They test horses for drugs too?” Apparently they do. Here’s an excerpt from an AP report:

The international equestrian federation (Fédération Equestre Internationale, FEI) is stepping up the fight against medication use in equine athletes to avoid a repeat of the situation following the 2004 Athens Olympics.

“Athens was really a bad moment for the sport,” FEI spokeswoman Malina Gueorguiev told The Associated Press on Friday. “It was a big problem and it was very spectacular. Should anything like that happen again it could be very detrimental for the sport.”

In case you are wondering, these are the athletes/teams who lost their medals:
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