Christian Ahlmann is back in the running to ride at London 2012
German showjumper Christian Ahlmann is back in the running to ride at the 2012 Olympics after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) deemed an International Olympic Committee (IOC) regulation as “unenforceable”.
Fifth in the world rankings, Mr Ahlmann was banned from competiton for eight months after his horse C ¶ster tested positive for the banned substance capsaicin at the 2008 Olympics.
Under IOC rules this barred him from future Olympic Games. But on 6 October the CAS overturned the rule, which applies to all athletes banned for more than six months for doping.
This news story was first published in the current issue of Horse & Hound (13 October, 2011)
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A self-confessed newshound, farmer’s daughter and journalist of many years' experience, Charlotte worked on regional papers before joining H&H in 2007. A regular rider, she visited Ireland in 2010 to investigate the fate of Irish horses through the recession, to much acclaim, and reported from the FEI General Assembly in Rio de Janeiro in 2011. She left Horse & Hound in March 2013.