FEI Lifts Provisional Suspensions on Guerdat, Bichsel

Both riders had been provisionally suspended after their horses tested positive for prohibited substances.
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The Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI) Tribunal has lifted the provisional suspensions on Swiss jumping riders Steve Guerdat and Alessandra Bichsel following preliminary hearings for the two riders at the end of last week. The lifting of the provisional suspensions will take effect July 27 at midnight, Swiss time.

The tribunal’s decision is mainly based on the scientific evidence presented by the persons responsible (the athletes) which suggests the likelihood of food contamination.

Both riders had been provisionally suspended after horses on which they were competing tested positive for prohibited substances, including banned substances.

Samples taken at the CSIO5* at La Baule, France, on May 17 from the horse Nino des Buissonnets, ridden by Guerdat, who won the Grand Prix on the day of testing, returned positive for the banned substances codeine and oripavine and the controlled medication morphine

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