O’Connor stripped of Olympic medal

SHOWJUMPER Cian O’Connor was yesterday officially stripped of his Olympic gold medal because his horse failed a drugs test.

Waterford Crystal failed the test at last year’s Athens Games and then a B urine sample was stolen from a laboratory in Newmarket in October. A blood sample later confirmed that sedatives were found.

The International Olympic Committee’s executive board, meeting in Singapore, yesterday ratified a decision by International Equestrian Federation’s to disqualify the horse and the Co Meath-based rider.