Olympics-Equestrian-Culture change needed after 'catastrophe', says Germany's Werth

FILE PHOTO: Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Equestrian - Dressage - Individual - Grand Prix Freestyle - Equestrian Park - Tokyo, Japan - July 28, 2021. Isabell Werth of Germany on her horse Bella Rose II reacts REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis/File Photo

VERSAILLES, France (Reuters) - Equestrian sports need a cultural change, German seven-times Olympic champion Isabell Werth told Reuters on Saturday as a debate sparked by a video of a leading British rider whipping a horse in training rages on.

Six-times Olympic medallist Charlotte Dujardin was suspended on Tuesday after footage emerged showing her whipping a horse's legs multiple times during training.