LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Equestrian rider Eric Lamaze, an Olympic champion in 2008, has been banned from the sport until 2031 after a second four-year doping suspension was imposed at the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
LAUSANNE, Switzerland — Equestrian rider Eric Lamaze, an Olympic champion in 2008, has been banned from the sport until 2031 after a second four-year doping suspension was imposed at the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
That ban will not start until the expiry in September 2027 of a previous four-year ban ordered in the case by the FEI. Lamaze won individual gold and team silver in jumping aboard Hickstead at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and guided the inexperienced mare Fine Lady to bronze at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games.The three-time Olympian missed competing at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics and 2000 Sydney Olympics in the fallout from positive tests for cocaine.
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