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New Zealand equestrians to ride in 7th Olympics

The Columbian
Published: July 2, 2012, 5:00pm

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Mark Todd and Andrew Nicholson will compete at their seventh Olympics after being placed on New Zealand’s five-member equestrian team for the London Games on Wednesday.

Todd won gold medals in the three-day event at the 1984 Los Angeles and 1988 Seoul Olympics. He has twice won world championships in the three-day team event and is a four-time winner of the Badminton Horse Trials and a five-time winner at Burghley.

Nicholson won a silver medal in the three-day team event at the 1992 Barcelona Games and a bronze in the same event at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. He is also a former world champion in the team event.

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