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CHECKLIST FOR DRAFT SCHEDULE - APPENDIX 2011 - APPENDIX TO
SCHEDULE _________________________________________________________________________ FEI
PRESS RELEASE
Landslide victory as HRH Princess Haya re-elected to FEI Presidency HRH Princess
Haya Al Hussein (JOR) was today re-elected as President of the FEI
at the Federation’s General Assembly in Taipei in a landslide
victory in the first round of voting. Princess Haya, who was seeking
a second and final four-year term as President, won with 90 votes of
a total 124 valid ballots. The other
contenders for the position were Sven Holmberg (SWE), the first Vice
President of the FEI, who received 23 votes, and former Vice
President of the Netherlands Equestrian Federation, Henk Rottinghuis
(NED), who received 11 votes. HRH Princess
Haya was accorded a standing ovation as she returned to the stage
after the election to address the electorate. “Thank you so much for
your confidence and trust. I promise that I won’t let you down”, an
emotional HRH Princess Haya commented. “I promise to
unify this Federation. I promise to work for you, the National
Federations, and constantly appreciate your needs and do everything
I can to serve this sport we all love. I never really realised how
many wonderful friends and supporters I have. This has been a really
extraordinary year for me and I am truly humbled by what you have
done for me. Thank you very much.”
Photo Caption:
HRH Princess Haya addresses the General Assembly after scoring a
landslide victory for re-election as FEI President. (Photo:
FEI/William Tzeng) NOTES TO EDITORS: Voting
statistics: HRH Princess
Haya Al Hussein (JOR): 90 A total of 125
voting boxes were distributed to National Federation delegates, with
124 valid ballots cast and one formal abstention. There were 81
National Federations present at the vote and 44 proxies. HRH Princess
Haya has been elected for a further four years until 2014.
Biographical details: HRH Princess
Haya Al Hussein (JOR) is the daughter of the late King Hussein of
Jordan and wife of HH Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice
President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai. HRH Princess
Haya has been riding internationally since the age of 13. In 1992
she won the individual bronze medal in Jumping at the seventh Pan
Arab Games and the following year was elected Jordan’s athlete of
the year. After years of
intensive training in Ireland and Germany, she qualified for and
took part in the Games of the XXVII Olympiad in Sydney in 2000,
followed by her participation in the 2002 FEI World Equestrian Games
at Jerez de la Frontera (ESP). She has represented Jordan at the FEI
General Assembly on several occasions. HRH Princess
Haya became a member of the International Olympic Committee in 2007
and was this year appointed to the IOC International Relations
Committee. She is also a member of the IOC Athletes’ and Culture and
Olympic Education Commissions and is president and founder of the
International Jordanian Athletes Cultural Association. She is the
first Arab and first woman ever to become Goodwill Ambassador for
the United Nations World Food Programme. In 2007 she was appointed
as a UN Messenger of Peace by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. NB. A
press conference with the re-elected President, HRH Princess Haya,
will be held in Taipei at 17.45 local time today, Friday 5 November.
Media Contacts:
FEI General Assembly unanimously approves 2011 Equine Prohibited
Substances List
The FEI General Assembly has unanimously accepted the
recommendations of the FEI List Group and approved the updated
Equine Prohibited Substances List for the 2011 season. National
Federation delegates applauded spontaneously at the announcement of
the vote.
The List was put forward by the FEI List Group following a year of
consultation with National Federations and experts, and after the
highly successful Congress on the use of Non-Steroidal
Anti-Inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDs) in the equine athlete hosted by the
FEI in Lausanne, Switzerland in August.
The 2011 List respects horse welfare and ensures a level playing
field.
The List
does
not allow the use of NSAIDs in competition. However
it was agreed that the FEI should provide a greater level of
guidance regarding the detection times for the post-event usage of
certain NSAIDs, specifically Phenylbutazone and Flunixin, in
commonly used low dosages.
Similarly, the 2011 Equine Prohibited Substances List does not permit the
use of salicylic acid at events, but raises the current threshold
level to harmonise it with that of other international regulators.
The FEI has always had a threshold level for salicylic acid, but has
now simply revised this to align with racing authorities. This is
the same level as was previously in place for the FEI, as the
slightly lower level was inconsistent with that used by other
regulatory bodies.
List Group Chair John McEwen had highlighted in the List Group
Report that there must always
NB. A wrap-up report detailing all of the outcomes of the 2010 FEI
General Assembly will be sent to media next week.
Note:
The substances named on the 2011 Equine Prohibited Substances List
can be found
here.
Media Contacts: Grania Willis
FEI Press Release
The Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI) has announced detection
times for Methylprednisolone Acetate, a frontline treatment for
lameness in the equine athlete. The findings from recently completed
studies on the use of intra-articular Methylprednisolone Acetate
show the detection times as
28 days for the 200mg dose and
14 days for the 100mg dose.
The FEI recognises that any strategy to reduce the level of doping
and medication offences must contain an element of guidance and
education. With this in mind there has been an increased effort to
provide detection times for substances that are in common usage. The
detection time is the time taken for an active
substance administered to a horse by a specified route and dosage to
fall below a level at which the FEI would declare a sample positive.
It is important to note that detection times may vary depending on
dose and number of injection sites used. Please note that a
detection time is not the same as a withdrawal time. The withdrawal
time must be decided by the treating veterinarian and is likely to
be based on the detection time plus an appropriate safety margin to
allow for individual variation.
The full list of FEI detection times can be found
here.
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