Equestrian-Australian show-jumper Rose stood down for wearing mankini costume

FILE PHOTO: Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Equestrian - Eventing - Jumping Individual - Final - Equestrian Park - Tokyo, Japan - August 2, 2021. Shane Rose of Australia on his horse Virgil competes. REUTERS/Molly Darlington/File photo

(Reuters) - Australian three-time Olympic equestrian medallist Shane Rose has been stood down from competition for wearing an orange mankini at a closed event in Wallaby Hill near Sydney, Equestrian Australia said on Sunday.

A silver medallist in team eventing at the 2008 Beijing and 2020 Tokyo Games, the 50-year-old apologised on Facebook, saying he did not intend to offend anyone.