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The whistleblower who leaked a video of former Team GB Olympian Charlotte Dujardin whipping a horse's legs is 'not celebrating', her lawyer said.

On 23 July, Team GB's joint most decorated female athlete released a statement saying she would not be competing at the Olympics and that the video showed her 'making a huge error of judgment'.

Charlotte Dujardin whips horse's legs

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She said she'd fully cooperate with the investigation and would not be competing again until it was over, as well as not making a further statement until then.

The International Federation for Equestrian Sports (FEI) said they'd received the video on 22 July and provisionally suspended the rider with immediate effect.

The shocking footage which tanked Dujardin's Olympic hopes was broadcast to the public on Good Morning Britain on 24 July.

She has been replaced by Becky Moody and the horse Jagerbomb at the Paris Olympics.

Speaking to the BBC, the anonymous whistleblower's lawyer Stephan Wensing said his client had been conflicted about releasing the footage but felt it 'had to be done'.

He said: "It's not fun to ruin a career. She's not celebrating; she doesn't feel like a hero.

"But she told me this morning this had to be done because she wants to save dressage."

The lawyer also said that the video was not filmed four years ago as Dujardin had said, but...

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