LAUSANNE, Switzerland — Norwegian rider Tony Andre Hansen has been stripped of his Olympic bronze medal in team jumping after his horse tested positive for a banned drug at the Beijing Games.
Hansen was disqualified by the International Equestrian Federation on Monday and banned from the sport for 4 1/2 months.
His Norway teammates — Morten Djupvik, Stein Endresen, and Geir Gulliksen — will lose their medals without Hansen's scores.
Switzerland will be upgraded from fourth to the bronze medal. The United States won gold, beating Canada in a jumpoff in Hong Kong, where the equestrian events were staged last August.
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Hansen's horse, Camiro, tested positive for capsaicin, a banned pain reliever.