Paris 2024 Olympics: Video of Horse Abuse Resurfaces, Forcing Charlotte Dujardin to Withdraw from the Games.
Paris 2024 Olympics: Video of Horse Abuse Resurfaces, Forcing Charlotte Dujardin to Withdraw from the Games.
.Triple Olympic dressage champion, British Charlotte Dujardin announced on Tuesday that she would not participate in the Olympics. A video of her hitting a horse has been released. The events are said to date back several years.
Horse riding has just experienced a real turnaround, this Tuesday, July 23. Charlotte Dujardin, one of the faces of the discipline, triple Olympic dressage champion, announced her withdrawal from the Paris Olympic Games.
will cooperate"
In a message published on Instagram, Dujardin explains her choice by the diffusion of a video where we see her assaulting a horse. Despite the fact that the video seems to date back several years, the six-time Olympic medalist is threatened by an investigation by the International Equestrian Federation. The investigation is described as "understandable" by the dressage champion.
"What happened does not correspond to my character and is in no way a reflection of the way I train with my horses. However, I am not looking for excuses.