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DUBLIN, Ireland (AP) - Irish showjumper Cian O'Connor won't appeal the decision to strip him of his Olympic gold medal following his horse's positive drug test.
"Obviously the loss of a gold medal is a major disappointment for me personally and indeed for the people of Ireland," O'Connor said Thursday in a statement. "I can only assure everyone that I will work harder than ever to win a medal at a future Olympics."
O'Connor won the individual show jumping event for Ireland's only medal at the 2004 Athens Games. His gold will go to silver medalist Rodrigo Pessoa of Brazil.
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