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Equestrian Australia has announced that the Australian eventing team nomination appeal has been denied. What began as a cryptic one-sentence long statement from Equestrian Australia on June 22nd that “during the 48 hours given to athletes to appeal against the nominated team, athletes have lodged an appeal which will be heard by an independent tribunal in due course” has ended with a similarly cryptic announcement of that the appeal has been dismissed. A release from Equestrian Australia today:
Equestrian Australia today confirmed the appeal lodged in relation to the nomination of the Eventing team of the 2012 Australian Olympic Team was dismissed. Riders will now have 48 hours to determine whether they will file an appeal with the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). During this time Equestrian Australia and the Australian Olympic Committee are unable to make further comment. The Australian Olympic Committee will announce the Eventing team’s final selection.
For much more on the appeal and its validity, check out Hamish’s article for EN as well as Austin Ligon’s analysis. Go eventing.
