Equestrian-Australian show jumpers in limbo after team mate's cocaine test

The fate of Australian equestrian show jumpers Edwina Tops-Alexander and Katie Laurie still hung in the balance on the day of the Olympic opening ceremony on Friday after their team mate Jamie Kermond tested positive for cocaine use.

Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Equestrian Dressage Training - Equestrian Park, Tokyo, Japan - July 22, 2021 A horse trots during training REUTERS/Alkis KonstantinidisTOKYO: The fate of Australian equestrian show jumpers Edwina Tops-Alexander and Katie Laurie still hung in the balance on the day of the Olympic opening ceremony on Friday after their team mate Jamie Kermond tested positive for cocaine use.

Kermond was thrown off Australia's Olympics team on Wednesday after a test showed he had taken the drug, effectively dismantling the three-rider team which was supposed to compete in the group stages starting Aug. 6."Currently we have no answers regarding the possibility of our Jumping athletes starting as individuals at Tokyo 2020. For the benefit of our Jumping, and broader Equestrian Team, we want to have the matter resolved promptly," Equestrian Australia said in a statement.

There was no immediate answer from Australia's Olympic spokespeople when asked whether Kermond had asked for a so-called B sample, or a follow-up test, and what stood in the way of the other two riders competing as individuals.

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