Two more countries lose Olympic places after FEI investigations

The FEI has announced that show jumpers from Qatar and Sri Lanka will not be allowed compete at this year’s Olympic Games, bringing to three the number of countries that have been expelled following Canada’s forfeiting of a show jumping team slot last year.

While the Qatari and Canadian expulsions are related to positive rider doping tests, the Sri Lankan loss of an individual place came after concerns that the rider who gained the slot had taken advantage of an unusually high number of fixtures at Villeneuve-Loubet in France in the run up to the 31st December qualifying deadline, having to compete only against a limited number of opponents for ranking points.