Team Canada personnel had no idea that ‘coca’ tea translated as cocaine when picking it from the breakfast buffet in their Pan Am Games hotel.
Nicole Walker
Court of Arbitration for Sport exonerated Nicole Walker from a positive test but her affected results at Lima 2019 were not reinstated.
The final Sunday wrapped up the 12-week tournament in Wellington with a win for Ireland's David Blake and Dy Zento.
After a lengthy suspension from competition, plus overcoming a knee injury, Walker is back on the podium, this time with Excellent B.
CAS judges upheld Pan American Sports request to disqualify Canada for the failed dope test; can now send just one jumping athlete to Tokyo.
The FEI quietly reinstated the Canadian Show Jumping Team member, who had tested positive for cocaine at the 2019 Pan Am Games, as of Sept. 26, 2020.
Equestrian Australia is under fire for not considering the consequences for its Olympic teams when going into voluntary administration last month.
Show jumper and Canadian Equestrian Team member Nicole Walker will file an appeal with the Court of Arbitration for Sport after Pan Am disqualification.
The FEI has announced today that the Canadian Show Jumping Team’s results from the Lima 2019 Pan Am Games have been recalculated to seventh place.
The Canadian equestrian show jumping team is supporting their fellow teammate Nicole Walker after a sample she submitted during the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru tested positive for the prohibited substance benzoylecgonine, a cocaine metabolite. Walker has been provisionally suspended by the Fédération Équestre Internationale (FEI). Walker has also exercised her right to […]