Norway Loses Medal From Beijing Olympics

By Mike Cosentino • December 22, 2008

Norwegian rider Tony Andre Hansen cost his bronze medal winning team their medal after it has been found out that the horse that he used was positive for a banned substance in the Olympics. The substance is capsaicin, a banned pain relieving drug. Hanson has also been banned from equestrian jumping for four and a half months.

In the team equestrian event for the Olympics, it was a four-rider team with the top three scores counting. Since Hanson is now disqualified, the combined scores dropped Norway out of medal contention.

The podium for the event now looks like:

Gold: United States (Wins Jumpoff)

Silver: Canada

Bronze: Switzerland

Categories: Olympics 2008
Tags: Beijing, Equestrian, Norway, Tony Andre Hansen

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One Response to “ Norway Loses Medal From Beijing Olympics ”

Derek Johnson Dec 22nd, 2008 at 5:52 pm

Wow that totally bites for the Norwegians. A medal stripped away like that.

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