Should the Olympics drop dressage? A British sporting champion will not take part in the Paris Olympics after being accused of animal cruelty.
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Banned for whipping horse 24 times
Should the Olympics drop dressage? A British sporting champion will not take part in the Paris Olympics after being accused of animal cruelty.
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It is just one day before the opening ceremony of the 2024 Summer OlympicsA major international multi-sport event held every four years.. But one British star will not be in ParisThe capital of France. In mythology, Paris was a Trojan prince who caused the war with the Greeks by stealing Helen, the beautiful wife of King Menelaus of Sparta..
Charlotte Dujardin - one of Britain's top Olympians - will no longer be competing. She has pulled out after a video appeared which seems to show her whipping her horse 24 times.
Dujardin already has six Olympic medals. She takes part in dressage, a sport in which horses dance to music in front of judges.
Now, some say it is time to put an end to dressage altogether. Some say it is not fair to make horses train hard for an event they will never understand.
But others say that there are strictHarsh and believing that rules must be followed exactly. rules in place to make sure that horses are well cared for, and that this is an unusual event. Moreover, they think dressage is part of an important traditionA custom or event that has been taking place for many years, often passed down from generation to generation. that it is important to keep going. After all, the roots of dressage go back all the way to Ancient Greece.
Should the Olympics drop dressage?
Yes! A horse cannot agree to take part in the Olympics. We should put an end to any sport that leads to animal cruelty.
No! There will always be people who do the wrong thing - just like some people are bad pet owners. But that does not mean we should get rid of dressage. It has a very long history.
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Olympics - A major international multi-sport event held every four years.
Paris - The capital of France. In mythology, Paris was a Trojan prince who caused the war with the Greeks by stealing Helen, the beautiful wife of King Menelaus of Sparta.
Strict - Harsh and believing that rules must be followed exactly.
Tradition - A custom or event that has been taking place for many years, often passed down from generation to generation.
Banned for whipping horse 24 times
Shamed: Charlotte Dujardin (above), one of Team GB’s biggest stars, has been banned from the Paris Olympics over a video showing her treating a horse “like an elephant in a circus”. Glossary
Olympics - A major international multi-sport event held every four years.
Paris - The capital of France. In mythology, Paris was a Trojan prince who caused the war with the Greeks by stealing Helen, the beautiful wife of King Menelaus of Sparta.
Strict - Harsh and believing that rules must be followed exactly.
Tradition - A custom or event that has been taking place for many years, often passed down from generation to generation.