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Sat 08 Aug 2008Hickey hints equestrian sport could be dropped
EQUESTRIAN:EQUESTRIAN SPORT will be fighting for its Olympic life when the International Olympic Committee (IOC) meet this time next year. Following the drug scandal in Athens involving Ireland's Cian O'Connor and this week's positive tests from four horses, including Denis Lynch's Lantinus, Olympic Council of Ireland (OCI) president Pat Hickey has said the sport is now "in the red zone" with regard to its inclusion in Olympic Games.
Hickey, who is also president of the European Olympic Committees, a powerful voting block including all of the European nations, added there were fundamental issues the sport had yet to iron out.
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