Ex-show jumper banned for horse death

(ANSA) - Milan, July 2 - An Italian former Olympic show jumper was banned for life Thursday after mistreating a horse, Flambo, which died at his hands. Paolo Margi, who competed in the dressage at the Barcelona and Atlanta Games, was condemned by a sporting tribunal of the Italian Equestrian Sports Federation (FISE). Flambo died after a "cruel" rope session in November 2014, the FISE said. Margi was cleared in a similar case in 1998.