Sign up for The Torch to receive email updates about all things Olympics - from Team GB and beyond A modern pentathlon coach has been handed a 'black card' at the Tokyo Olympics for punching a horse.
Germany's Kim Raisner has been thrown out of the competition for the 'unbelievable' act. The coach was assisting competitor Annika Schleu as she battled to control her horse Saint Boy in the showjumping round of the women’s modern pentathlon event on Friday.
The multi-round event, which was won by Team GB athlete Kate French, was devised by Baron Pierre De Coubertin, the founder of the modern Games.
He selected the disciplines - fencing, swimming, riding, shooting and running - to simulate the challenges faced by an infantryman caught behind
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