New Zealand's Olympic Team Dreams for Paris Dashed after Elimination

It’s heartbreak for the riders of Team New Zealand, who had travelled the furthest to attend the 2022 World Championships Dressage in Denmark after the elimination of the final team member. It also meant their goals for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games are gone.

Eliminated at Bit Check

Gaylene Lennard and Jax Johnson were eliminated after a post-test mouth swab returned a slight pink colouration. FEI have a zero tolerance on any sort of colouration, meaning immediate elimination.

“We are all devasted for Gaylene,” said ESNZ high performance general manager Jock Paget. “She and Jax produced a brilliant test and a strong team finish at their first world champs. It is so unfortunate for it to unravel like this.”

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