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  1. www.irishtimes.com › sport › other-sportsSporting Controversies: The remarkable rise and fall of Cian ...

    May 14, 2020 · The committee accepted O’Connor’s version of events but still stripped him of his gold medal. The drugs should have cleared the horse’s system but they hadn’t. Strict liability, an open ...

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  3. evoke.ie › 2021/08/04 › newsWhy Was Cian O'Connor Stripped Of His Olympic Gold Medal in 2004?

    • Why Did Cian Cause Controversy in 2004?
    • The Stolen Urine Sample
    • The Verdict

    This is not the first time that the Irish equestrian has missed out on a gold medal. During the Summer Olympic Games in Athens in 2004, Cian became a national hero after his gold medal turn on Waterford Crystal. The glory was short-lived though after jumping to victory the horse failed a drugs test, testing positive for a prohibited drug.

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    The award-winning horse failed the test at the games and then a 'B' urine sample was stolen from a lab in Newmarket in October. The sportsman had claimed that the drugs used, fluphenazine and guanabenz, were given to the horse which was undergoing hydrotherapy to treat a fetlock injury a month prior to the games. The drugs treat high blood pressure...

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    An investigation was carried out by The International Equestrian Federation. The International Olympics Committee ratified the decision found by the board which ruled that Cian did not deliberately try to improve the horses' performance during the competition. He was given a three-month ban and disappointingly, Brazil's Rodrigo Pessoa then became t...

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  4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Cian_O'ConnorCian O'Connor - Wikipedia

    Cian O'Connor. Cian O'Connor (born 12 November 1979) is an Irish equestrian competing in show jumping. He has competed at four Olympic Games, four World Championships and six European Championships. O'Connor was stripped of the gold medal at the 2004 Olympics when his horse was found to have a banned substance in its system.

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    Place
    Horse
    Event
    2022
    1st
    Kilkenny
    Grand Prix
    2022
    1st
    Kilkenny
    Senior Nations Cup
    2022
    4th
    C Vier 2
    World Equestrian Championships Team ...
    2022
    1st
    Taj Mahal
    Grand Prix

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  5. news.bbc.co.uk › sport2 › hiO'Connor claims gold medal - BBC News

    Aug 27, 2004 · Cian O'Connor secured Ireland's first gold medal of the Games when he won the men's showjumping final after Britain's Nick Skelton suffered a dismal finale. The 46-year-old Skelton, the final man to jump, was going for gold but he knocked over three rails and incurred a penalty as he finished equal 11th. That left 24-year-old O'Connor, who had ...

  6. www.independent.ie › irish-news › three-month-ban-asThree-month ban as O'Connor loses gold | Irish Independent

    Louise Parkesin Zurich. Sun 27 Mar 2005 at 15:11. IRISH Olympic showjumping hero Cian O'Connor was sensationally stripped of his Olympic gold medal last night. He was also banned for three months ...

  7. www.nytimes.com › 2004/11/09 › sportsA Horse, a Rider and the Mystery of the Missing Urine Sample

    Nov 9, 2004 · Cian O'Connor had become a national hero in August by riding his horse, Waterford Crystal, to the gold medal on the penultimate day of the Games. It was only the sixth gold medal in Ireland's history.

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  9. www.news24.com › news24 › olympic-hero-stripped-ofOlympic hero stripped of gold - News24

    Mar 28, 2005 · Bookmark. Dublin - Irish showjumper Cian O'Connor has been stripped of his Olympic gold medal after the sports governing body ruled his horse had tested positive for banned substances. O'Connor won Ireland's only medal in the 2004 Olympics on Waterford Crystal, which was later found to have the drugs Fluphenazine and Zuclophenthixol in its urine.