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Three-time Olympic gold medalist dressage star Charlotte Dujardin has been banned for one year and fined for "excessively" whipping a horse. Video went viral just days before the beginning of the ...
A video of six-time Olympic medallist Dujardin whipping a horse at least 24 times in a minute was leaked ahead of the Paris Olympics leaving the future of equestrian sports at the Games under threat
Great Britain's Charlotte Dujardin on Valegro win gold during dressage individual grand prix freestyle competition in the Rio 2016 Summer Olympic Games at Olympic Equestrian Centre in Rio de ...
Dressage has changed dramatically since the 1912 Olympics. [13] The dressage horse no longer has to jump, but the test on the flat has become increasingly difficult, emphasizing the piaffe and the passage. Today's horses are specifically bred for dressage and have movement far more extravagant when compared to the horses of the early 20th century.
Steffen Peters (born September 18, 1964) is a German-born equestrian who competes for the United States in dressage.He has participated in five Olympic Games, winning a team bronze medal on two occasions (in 1996 and 2016) and a team silver medal once ().
The team and individual dressage competitions used the same results. Dressage had three phases, with the last being used only for the individual event. The first phase was the Grand Prix. Individuals advanced to the second phase, the Grand Prix Special, if they were on one of the top seven teams or were one of the top 11 remaining competitors.
The 39-year-old British athlete and six-time Olympic medalist will be able to compete once again in July 2025, as the ban is backdated to July 2024 when she was provisionally banned.
The Summer Olympics have included 2,129 equestrian participants, including 1,751 men and 378 women, from 69 countries. [1] [note 1], of which 564 won a medal. As of the 2008 Olympics, 395 medals have been awarded to 31 NOCs.