German Coach Suspended For Striking Horse At Olympics
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Annika Schleu of Germany cries as she couldn't controls her pony to contend in the equestrian part of the ladies' cutting edge pentathlon at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Friday, Aug. 6, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar) 토토사이트
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Annika Schleu of Germany cries as she couldn't controls her pony to contend in the equestrian part of the ladies' cutting edge pentathlon at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Friday, Aug. 6, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
TOKYO (AP) — A German mentor at the Tokyo Olympics was suspended Saturday in the wake of being shot hitting an uncooperative pony during the ladies' advanced pentathlon contest.
Television film showed Kim Raisner hanging over a fence to strike the pony Saint Boy, which would not hop the wall in the show bouncing round on Friday. That cost German competitor Annika Schleu a shot at winning the gold award.
The International Modern Pentathlon Union said it inspected film showing Raisner "seeming to strike the pony ... With her clench hand" and that "her activities were considered to be infringing upon (the principles)." She was additionally heard calling to Schleu to whip the pony harder.
Raisner's suspension just applies for the remainder of the Tokyo Olympics, which end Sunday. It wasn't quickly clear if she could have had any job in Saturday's men's opposition.
Schleu, who contended in tears as her award trusts vanished, has additionally been censured via web-based media for utilizing the whip over and again.
German competitor crusade bunch Athleten Deutschland scrutinized what it called "the aggression and mostly open disdain" coordinated at Schleu via web-based media and said present day pentathlon ought to think about changing its guidelines "to guarantee creature insurance and fitting contest conditions for the competitors in future."
Competitors in current pentathlon are required to ride ponies they have never met. Holding with them rapidly is viewed as a feature of the test. German authorities have contended the game ought to think about changing those standards.
Holy person Boy had effectively wouldn't hop for another rider, Russian contender Gulnaz Gubaydullina, prior in the opposition and the German Modern Pentathlon Union said he had been "damaged by the past rider" even before Schleu's round.