Show jumper Denis Lynch yesterday said he had “learned an incredible amount” about himself and others as a result of the loss of his Olympic place and subsequent dismissal of his appeal by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).

A battling performance by three members of Ireland’s eventing team could not make up for the elimination of two of their colleagues in yesterday’s cross-country, leaving the team in eighth place overnight.

“I am up for it now more than ever.”

Showjumper Denis Lynch has today lost appeal against his deselection from Irish Olympic team.

Show jumper Denis Lynch’s bid to be reinstated in the Olympics will be heard at 8pm this evening by a three-man panel set up by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in London, with the finding expected to be announced tomorrow.

Show jumper Cian O’Connor’s bid for Olympic redemption hangs in the balance after Denis Lynch made a dramatic last-ditch bid to be reinstated in the Games.

Olympic Council of Ireland President Pat Hickey insists he has no issues with show jumper Cian O’Connor competing in the London Games.

Ireland’s eventing pony riders lifted double gold and a bronze medal at the European Championships in Fontainebleau, France, yesterday to crown a magnificent weekend for Irish equestrian sport.

Denis Lynch’s brother and manager, Shay, has defended the Tipperary show jumper after the International Equestrian Federation (FEI) veterinary report into the disqualification of his horse Lantinus emerged at the weekend.

Ireland’s show jumpers are in danger of relegation from the FEI Top League after finishing last in yesterday’s Swedish Nations Cup in Falsterbo.

THE Olympic Council of Ireland (OCI) yesterday said it was “not particularly happy” that show jumping had become involved in controversy again, but said the sport was not alone in gaining headlines for the wrong reasons.

Show jumper Cian O’Connor yesterday said it was “fantastic to be going back to the Olympics” after he got the nod as a replacement for Denis Lynch.

By John Tynan

By John Tynan

Show jumper Denis Lynch has so far refused to comment on today's dramatic decision to withdraw his Olympics nomination.

Show jumper Denis Lynch will not represent Ireland in the Olympics, the Irish Examiner's John Tynan reports.

Show jumper Denis Lynch has been required by Horse Sport Ireland (HSI) to attend a meeting in Dublin today to put his case as to why he should be allowed to participate in the Olympics.

Horse Sport Ireland has asked the Olympic Council of Ireland to pause the ratification of Denis Lynch to represent Ireland at the Olympic Games in London after Lynch’s mount Lantinus was prevented from competing for the remainder of an event in Aachen this weekend.

Horse Sport Ireland (HSI) is awaiting confirmation that it can field a five-strong eventing squad at the Olympics.

Denis Lynch has Lantinus and All Inclusive to choose from in the first round of tomorrow’s Global Champions Tour in Doha, Qatar, though yesterday he had yet to decide which horse to use.

Irish eventing was last night on course to have a team at the Olympics, after riders rose to the challenge in the Goresbridge Go For Gold International Horse Trials at Ballindenisk, Co Cork.

WITH the battle for individual places at the Olympics intensifying, Billy Twomey achieved an important fourth place in the lucrative grand prix at Basel, Switzerland, yesterday.

SHOW JUMPER Denis Lynch is practically assured of a place in the Rolex World Cup final after finishing ninth in Geneva, Switzerland, yesterday.

IT took over two months, but Horse Sport Ireland (HSI) yesterday identified the Sia Group as the consultancy that will undertake a review of Ireland’s poor performance at the European Show Jumping Championships in Madrid.

HORSE Sport Ireland (HSI) is to undertake a review of Ireland’s poor performance in last week’s European Championships.

BILLY TWOMEY punched the air yesterday after producing his second foot-perfect round in the European Championships in Madrid to leave him in second place in the battle for individual honours.

CIAN O’Connor gave a masterclass in show jumping at Millstreet Horse Show yesterday, taking the top two places in the €25,000 grand prix, having earlier won the prestigious Boomerang final.

DENIS LYNCH will be aiming to further repair his “dented pride” this weekend when he lines out in the second leg of the Global Champions Tour (GCT) in Valencia, Spain.

WITH €475,000 on offer in tomorrow night’s Global Champions Tour opener in Doha, riders will not be lacking in incentive.

SHOW JUMPER Billy Twomey yesterday rejected the notion that he is on rescue mission for Ireland at the Alltech World Equestrian Games (WEG) in Kentucky.

ON WHAT was described as “a seminal day” by the chairman of Horse Sport Ireland, Joe Walsh, officers of both the HSI and Olympic Council of Ireland signed an agreement designed to ensure there is no repeat of the doping embarrassments heaped on equestrianism and Irish sport in general at the last two Olympics.

Team Ireland Equestrian’s Show Jumping Team Manager Robert Splaine today announced his squad for the Nations' Cup of Germany which will take place in Aachen next Thursday night, July 15.

IRELAND finished seventh yesterday in a closely-fought Alltech European Show Jumping Championships in Windsor, England, despite a spirited second-round effort.

IRELAND’S show jumpers fulfilled the promise they proffered all season by winning the Meydan Swedish Nations Cup in Falsterbo yesterday.

DENIS LYNCH is adamant Ireland can avoid relegation from the Meydan Nations Cup Series.

US-BASED show jumpers Shane Sweetnam and Kevin Babington are among a five-man squad named yesterday for next week’s Meydan Nations Cup Series opener in La Baule, France.

SHOW JUMPER Cian O’Connor says proposals put forward to eradicate the use of improper substances and practices in equestrian sport are “unworkable” and says Horse Sport Ireland (HSI) is out of touch with the equestrian community.

THE Chairman of Horse Sport Ireland (HSI) Joe Walsh conceded yesterday it will never be possible to guarantee that equestrian sport will be totally clean, but new regulations will see HSI succeed as much “as humanly possible”.

KENNY EGAN’S silver medal and bronze medals for Paddy Barnes and Darren Sutherland earned boxing top billing in the Olympic Review.

JESSICA KÜRTEN qualified for the World Cup final last Sunday and then declared her surprise at the achievement.

CAPSAICIN is back in the news this week, with the Swedish Equestrian Federation recommending a 96-hour withdrawal period for the drug.

HORSE Sport Ireland yesterday confirmed it will not be putting in a bid to stage the 2014 World Equestrian Games.

Ireland's Denis Lynch has been banned for three months and fined €1,142 by world equestrian body the FEI.