The German Equestrian Federation has dissolved their show jumping, dressage and three-day eventing teams and suspended four-time Olympic champion Ludger Beerbaum as the result of a rash of doping allegations following the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

Beerbaum was quoted in the German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeinen as saying, “I had the attitude that anything that will not be detected is allowed … I can do what I like as long as I don’t get found out.”

Beerbaum has been suspended from taking part in this week’s Nations’ Cup event. “I have to accept this,” Beerbaum told German Press Agency dpa. “I want us to have clear rules, which are understood by everyone.”

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