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The German eventing team will miss out on an Olympic medal after a nasty fall for rider Christoph Wahler in Sunday’s cross country section. He fell off his horse Carjatan at the 16th obstacle in the gardens of the Palace of Versailles. He rolled over once but was uninjured. After the build-up to the Paris equestrian event was dominated by animal welfare concerns following Briton Charlotte Dujardin’s ban for whipping a horse’s legs, his main priority was the horse. “Thank God he didn’t fall, he didn’t hurt himself,’ the 30-year-old Wahler told reporters about his gelding. “He’s in good shape. T…

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