Olympic bronze medal winner banned

Norwegian rider Tony Andre Hansen was on Monday banned for four and a half months and stripped of his Beijing Games bronze medal after his horse tested positive for a banned substance.
Hansen was one of four riders in the dock at the Olympics after their horses tested positive for capsaicin.
Monday's ban, which runs from August 21 to January 2 2009, disqualification and 3000 Swiss franc (1900 euros) fine were handed down by The International Equestrian Federation (EFI).
In a statement the EFI said: "The person responsable (the rider) is suspended for 135 days....Camiro and Tony Andre Hansen are disqualified from the Olympic Games and their results annulled."
Capsaicin, which can be rubbed in as a lotion to ease pain and is a derivative of the chilli pepper plant, showed up in four Beijing Games cases.
In addition to its painkilling properties capsaicin can increase sensitivity.
When smeared on the horses they suffer a burning sensation if they fail to clear the showjump bars, the idea being that they will strain themselves to jump higher and in doing so avoid the burning.
Hansen has 30 days in which to lodge an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.