"Equestrian Australia has provisionally suspended Jumping athlete Jamie Kermond under the Australian National Anti-Doping Policy 2021", the national governing body said in a statement, adding that the athlete is banned from partaking in "any WADA compliant event, including the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, while the provisional suspension is in place".
Kermond returned a positive A-sample for a metabolite of cocaine — prohibited In-Competition by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and the Australian National Anti-Doping Policy 2021 — following a test conducted by Sport Integrity Australia on 26 June.
The athlete now has the opportunity to have his B-sample analysed, the statement read.