was found In the case of a control in the framework of the world Cup tournament in Leipzig in January with Christian Ahlmanns young horse Mandato van de Neerheide the anti-inflammatory substance dexamethasone. It is classified by the International equestrian Federation (FEI) as a doping agent, but as a “controlled medication”, which allows for the treatment of the horse, but in the tournament is prohibited.
Evi Simeoni
sports editor.
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spring rider Ahlmann from Marl, a member of the Olympic squad, has accepted an administrative penalty, a money penalty, the cost method and includes recognition of place in a young horses test. Apparently, it has not Ahlmann, find out how the substance in the organism of the horse could go. In a statement on his website, he explained that the horse had not been treated in the past six months with medication. “I have kept all the rules, tried everything to solve the case. This Situation is very unsatisfactory for me.“
The Olympic tournament of 2008 in Hong Kong belonged to Ahlmann of the five spring riders that have been blocked due to the use of the active ingredient Capsaicin from the FEI for four months. The German Equestrian Federation made then through the corridor in front of the International court of arbitration for sport for a doubling of the penalty, what is the relationship between the Association and the horsemen shook hard. Now Dennis Peiler, the chief of the German Olympic Committee for cavalry, said: in order that Ahlmann had accepted the punishment, was closed “the case.”
