Olympic horse cruelty probe to be dropped

Updated January 14 2022 - 3:27pm, first published January 12 2022 - 2:04am
Saint Boy was hit by rider Annika Schleu and coach Kim Raisner after a bad round at Tokyo 2020.
Saint Boy was hit by rider Annika Schleu and coach Kim Raisner after a bad round at Tokyo 2020.

German prosecutors will drop an animal cruelty investigation into an athlete and a coach who were shown striking a horse during the Olympic modern pentathlon last year.

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