PARIS — Team GB’s joint-most decorated female Olympian, Charlotte Dujardin, has pulled out of Paris 2024 amid the emergence of a video showing an “error of judgement” that has seen her placed under investigation by competition organisers.
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Dujardin, an equestrian who has three gold medals split between London 2012 and Rio 2016, needed a medal of any colour to become the sole British athlete with seven medals overall — she is tied with retired cyclist Laura Kenny on s*x.
However, Dujardin said she is now under investigation from the International Federation for Equestrian Sports after a video le@ked that allegedly shows her mistreating a horse before the Tokyo Olympics.
ESPN has not yet obtained the video.
“What happened was completely out of character and does not reflect how I train my horses or coach my pupils, however there is no excuse,” Dujardin said in a statement.
“A video has emerged from four years ago which shows me making an error of judgement during a coaching session.
Understandably, the International Federation for Equestrian Sports (FEI) is investigating and I have made the decision to withdraw from all competition — including the Paris Olympics — while this process takes place.
“What happened was completely out of character and does not reflect how I train my horses or coach my pupils, however there is no excuse.
I am deeply ashamed and should have set a better example in that moment.
“I am sincerely sorry for my actions and devastated that I have let everyone down, including Team GB, fans and sponsors.
“I will cooperate fully with the FEI, British Equestrian Federation and British Dressage during their investigations, and will not be commenting further until the process is complete.”
“I am deeply ashamed and should have set a better example in that moment.”
Dujardin won her first Olympic medals at London 2012, taking a pair of gold in the team and individual dressage.
She added further gold in the individual competition at Rio 2016 with a silver in the team dressage, before earning a pair of bronze medals in those competitions at Tokyo 2020.
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