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Rodrigo Pessoa stripped of Beijing result


Rodrigo Pessoa (BRA) and Rufus
In Round B of the Individual Jumping Final at the 2008 Olympic Games in Hong Kong
Photograph:Franz Venhaus
Nicola Turner, EFA National Office, Tuesday, 7 October 2008

Brazilian Jumping rider Rodrigo Pessoa has been stripped of his fifth-place finish at the Beijing Olympics and banned from competing for 4 1/2 months (135 days) after a positive drug test on his horse.

The FEI also fined the 36-year-old Brazilian CHF 2,000 ($AUD 2, 362). He is suspended until Jan. 10, 2009.

Pessoa's horse Rufus tested positive Aug. 23 for nonivamide, a banned pain-relieving medication which is also an agent that can be used for hypersensitisation purposes.

They placed fifth in the individual jumping final. Pessoa lost in a jump-off for the bronze medal won by Beezie Madden of the United States.

Pessoa was defending the individual title he won at Athens in 2004. He also won Team Bronze Medals for Brazil at Atlanta in 1996 and Sydney in 2000.

For a full report please go to the FEI news

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