French Eventing Horse, Rider Disqualified from 2014 WEG

The FEI Tribunal has disqualified Maxime Livio and Qalao des Mers following a positive test for a controlled medication.
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The Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI) Tribunal has disqualified Maxime Livio of France and his mount Qalao des Mers from the eventing competition of the 2014 World Equestrian Games, which took place last autumn in Normandy, France, following a positive for a controlled medication substance.

Livio, fifth in the individual rankings, was also a member of the French team, which finished fourth in Normandy to secure qualification for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. The FEI Tribunal has also disqualified the French team, resulting in the loss of its Olympic qualifying slot.

Samples taken on Aug. 29, 2014, from Qalao des Mers returned positive for hydroxyethylpromazine sulfoxide, a metabolite of the sedative acepromazine. Acepromazine is a controlled medication substance on the FEI Prohibited Substances List. Controlled medications are substances that are regularly used to treat horses but which are not allowed in competition in order to maintain a level playing field.

Any breach of the FEI’s Equine Anti-Doping and Controlled Medication Regulations results in automatic disqualification of the rider and horse combination. Additionally, at Olympic games or World Equestrian Games, a positive result for a team member will (except in exceptional circumstances) result in the disqualification of the whole team

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