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Jamaica's Samantha Albert rides Before I Do It during the cross-country portion of the Eventing competition during the Beijing 2008 Olympics in Hong Kong, China. - AP
GUADALAJARA, Mexico:
Samantha Albert, Jamaica's lone representative in equestrian at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico, has pulled out.
Albert, who competed in the Eventing in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil four years ago, before going on to the Beijing Olympics two years later, dropped out of the Games after her horse developed a virus.
"Samantha Albert, equestrian, is no longer coming as her horse developed a virus in Holland. The horse had to pass through Holland (on its way here)," Chef de Mission Compton Rodney said yesterday.
Albert would have been accompanied here by trainer Antoinette McKeown, veterinarian Andrew McGonnell and groom Elizabeth Harris.
Eventing is a three-day, three-discipline event in equestrian where horse and rider display their skills in dressage, cross-country and show jumping.
The withdrawal of Albert means Jamaica will now be represented in 10 sports at the Games - athletics, badminton, basketball (women), beach volleyball, boxing, cycling, shooting, squash, swimming and taekwondo.
The 2011 Pan American Games starts today with what is expected to be a grand opening ceremony at the Chivas Guadalajara football Stadium.
