Olympic Case: O'Connor Waives Appeal

Last Friday 10 June 2005, the FEI received an official waiver from Cian O’Connor’s attorney, confirming that he will not appeal the Judicial Committee’s decision of 23 May 2005.

Consequently, the decision of the Judicial Committee on the disqualification of Cian O’Connor (IRL) and Waterford Crystal from all the Jumping competitions of the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens is immediately enforced.

The FEI has officially informed the IOC, which will take care of redistributing the medals in cooperation with the National Olympic Committees concerned.

Modified results of the Olympic Jumping Individual Competition are as follows:
Gold: Rodrigo Pessoa (BRA) and Baloubet du Rouet
Silver: Chris Kappler (USA) and Royal Kaliber
Bronze: Marco Kutscher (GER) and Montender 2

Jumping Team competition:
The Irish Team is eliminated from the competition. Consequently, the Italian Team moves up to 7th place. The Korean Team goes up to 8th place, and all other teams classified below moves up one place.

Points counting for the FEI/Gandini World Riders Rankings will be redistributed according to the new result of the Olympic competitions.

Note to the editor: the decision of the FEI Judicial Committee on the case relating to the findings of prohibited substances in the horse Waterford Crystal, ridden by Cian O’Connor (IRL) at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens is published on the FEI website, section Legal.