Doping-Eye drops for sick dog earns Belgium's Michiels Olympics disqualification

FILE PHOTO: Paris 2024 Olympics - Equestrian - Dressage Individual Grand Prix Day 2 - Chateau de Versailles, Versailles, France - July 31, 2024. Domien Michiels of Belgium riding Intermezzo VH Meerdaalhof in action. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra/ File Photo

(Reuters) - Administering eye drops to his sick dog cost Domien Michiels his individual result at the Paris Olympics dressage after the International Testing Agency (ITA) said the Belgian equestrian athlete inadvertently tested positive for a banned substance.

The ITA said the analysis of Michiels's sample from the Olympics reported an adverse analytical finding for dorzolamide -- a prohibited substance -- which resulted in an anti-doping rule violation (ADRV).