Charlotte Dujardin was the golden girl of British equestrian who went from sporting unknown to Olympic champion in barely a year. But six medals and three Olympics into her remarkable journey, Dujardin’s world has fallen apart. Her withdrawal from the Paris Olympics has come barely a week before she was due to compete after a...
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Paris 2024: Team GB’s Charlotte Dujardin withdraws from Olympic Games after video shows ‘error of judgement’
Team GB’s Charlotte Dujardin has withdrawn from the Olympics over a video from four years ago showing her making “an error of judgement” during a coaching session. Dujardin, a three-time Olympic champion, has decided to pull out of all competition while the International Federation for Equestrian Sports (FEI) investigates the incident. Dujardin, 39, could have...
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Charlotte Dujardin banned from Olympics after video of her ‘whipping horse 24 times like circus elephant’
Authorities declined to comment on the detail of the video involved, but, in an interview with The Telegraph, the whistleblower’s lawyer, Stephan Wensing, said Dujardin’s actions were “really harsh”. “My client used to be a sponsor, and she was in the UK, and she sponsored a lesson for Charlotte to a student,” he explained....
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Charlotte Dujardin out of Olympics after video emerges of “error of judgment”
Charlotte Dujardin has withdrawn from the Olympics over a video from four years ago showing her making “an error of judgement” during a coaching session. Dujardin, a three-time Olympic champion, has decided to pull out of all competition while the International Federation for Equestrian Sports (FEI) investigates the incident. The video shows Dujardin repeatedly hitting...
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Charlotte Dujardin: British dressage star pulls out of Paris Olympics after video emerges showing her “making an error of judgement”
Charlotte Dujardin, Britain’s joint-most decorated female Olympian, has pulled out of Paris 2024 after a video emerged showing her “making an error of judgement”. The six-time dressage medallist said she is under investigation from the International Federation for Equestrian Sports (FEI) and will “withdraw from all competition while this process takes place”. The 39-year-old also...
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Team GB at Paris Olympics 2024: Every athlete taking part and their sports
Team GB’s athletes are primed and ready to compete in the Paris Olympics 2024. Thousands of sportsmen and women have descended on the French capital in readiness for the event, which officially gets under way on Friday 26 July. Thomas Bach, the International Olympic Committee President, said: “You can also feel, see, hear the excitement...
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Olympics 2024 LIVE: Latest news as dressage star Dujardin withdraws over leaked video
Timeline of Andy Murray’s career The Olympics begins with a unique opening ceremony on Friday night along the River Seine before the competitive action gets going at Paris 2024 on Saturday and continues for 16 days. Team GB are taking more than 300 athletes to the Games including Andy Murray, twice an Olympic champion who...
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The Olympic sports in Paris with no British athletes competing
Sign up to our free sport newsletter for all the latest news on everything from cycling to boxing Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news Record medal hauls may be mooted for Team GB when the Paris Olympics get underway in the French capital, but there are some Games venues...
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CCEP and retail partners celebrate ‘Summer of Sport’ with Special Olympics GB Unified Sports event | Grocery Trader
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP) brought together 40 colleagues and retail partners who volunteered for an afternoon of ‘Unified Sports’ to support its longstanding charity partner Special Olympics Great Britain. The Unified Sports programme is unique to the Special Olympics global movement and brings together people with and without intellectual disabilities to compete alongside each other...
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Stats boffins predict how many medals Team GB will win at Paris Olympics – so, who is tipped to join Adam Peaty and Keely Hodgkinson in bagging a gold?
The Paris 2024 Olympics starts this week, with the opening ceremony on Friday Team GB have high hopes and are targeting a haul of between 50 and 70 medals Stats boffins Gracenote have produced a virtual medal table for Paris 2024 By David Coverdale Published: 10:04 BST, 23 July 2024 | Updated: 10:04 BST, 23...
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Andy Murray ready for ‘last ever tennis tournament’ at Paris Olympics
Andy Murray has confirmed the 2024 Paris Olympic Games will be his “last ever tennis tournament” as he prepares to retire later this summer. The two-time gold medal winner will compete at his fifth Games after making an emotional farewell at Wimbledon earlier this month as he teamed up with brother Jamie in the doubles...
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Sir Steve Redgrave backing GB to top rowing medal table in Paris after Tokyo low
Sir Steve Redgrave expects Team GB to top rowing’s medal table at the Olympic Games in Paris. The five-time Olympic rowing champion believes Great Britain will banish the disappointment of Tokyo three years ago when there was no rowing gold for the first time since 1980. Team GB claimed one silver and one bronze to...