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Australian show jumper Shane Rose caused a stir last weekend in his country, after he showed up to the competition wearing a "mankini" - a men's bikini, best known as a "Borat style thong".
This drew quite a few reactions in Australia, and after several complaints there was even a demand to suspend him from the team and therefore keep him away from the Olympic Games in Paris, but the Australian Equestrian Association made it clear that the three-time Olympic medalist did not violate the code of conduct.
Rose, 50, was suspended from the competition after wearing the outfit at an event at Wallaby Hill near Sydney.
"Shane has reflected on the incident and apologised," said union chief executive Darren Goucher, "he understands the high standards expected of everyone involved in our high performance programme.
With the matter now resolved, Shane and his teammates look forward to continuing to focus their attention on qualifying for the Paris Olympics."
Equestrian Shane Rose wears a mankini in competition/screenshot, Instagram, Shane Rose
The contest encouraged original attire, and Rose also wore a gorilla costume and a Simpsons outfit.
At first Rose apologized for the incident, and later deleted the post, so as not to let the incident get out of proportion, since he and many others believe it was an amusing incident.
In fact, very quickly the network began to defend Rose, who after all was trying to joke.
The viewers and surfers were amazed to hear that the popular athlete tried to take life easy, in a non-committal event, and may therefore lose his place in the Olympics.
In response, the company sponsoring the event (Bowral Kubota) wrote that "Many thanks to all the participants, and to Shane Rose for his commitment to the celebration... To embrace Shane's sense of humor, next year we will give each spectator a sanitary napkin, and we will donate 100 Australian dollars to support men's health For every viewer who wears it."
Rose won silver in team competitions at the 2008 and 2020 Olympics and bronze in 2016.
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