Ireland may yet have show jumping team in Rio as Ukranian team owner is investigated for fraud

Is a chink of light emerging in the east regarding Ireland fielding a show jumping team at the Olympics?
Ireland may yet have show jumping team in Rio as Ukranian team owner is investigated for fraud

Ireland is first reserve for the Games and there is a chance, albeit slight, that a place could become available, as Ukrainian team owner, Oleksandr Onyshchenko faces a spell in prison amid charges of fraud relating to the sale of gas.

As a deputy in the Ukraine parliament, Onyshchenko was immune to prosecution, but this was lifted on Wednesday.

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