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Who will ride in Rio? Canadian equestrians set sights on Brazil
There are certain things in life we’ve grown accustomed to—the sun rises in the east, cats land on their feet and Ian Millar makes Canada’s Olympic team.
The 69-year-old show jumper first competed at Munich 1972 and has participated in an unprecedented 10 Olympic Games (and was also named to the Moscow 1980 team), a worldwide record for any athlete in any sport. And he’s not finished just yet.
Millar is in strong contention to be part of Canada’s equestrian team at Rio 2016, after being part of the jumping team that won gold at last year’s Pan American Games. His Toronto 2015 teammates—Tiffany Foster, Eric Lamaze,Yann Candele and Elizabeth Gingras—all have their sights set on Rio as well.
But the potential 12-time Olympian isn’t the only Millar in the mix. Both his son Jonathon and his daughter Amy—who compete out of the Millar Brooke Farm in Perth, Ont.—have declared for consideration as members of Canada’s equestrian team, which will be announced on July 14.
However many Millars are on the team, all of Canada’s athletes in the three equestrian disciplines (jumping, eventing and dressage) will be aiming to build on the country’s rich history in the sport, which traces back to the Canadian equestrian team’s Olympic debut at Helsinki 1952.
source: http://olympic.ca/
The 69-year-old show jumper first competed at Munich 1972 and has participated in an unprecedented 10 Olympic Games (and was also named to the Moscow 1980 team), a worldwide record for any athlete in any sport. And he’s not finished just yet.
Millar is in strong contention to be part of Canada’s equestrian team at Rio 2016, after being part of the jumping team that won gold at last year’s Pan American Games. His Toronto 2015 teammates—Tiffany Foster, Eric Lamaze,Yann Candele and Elizabeth Gingras—all have their sights set on Rio as well.
But the potential 12-time Olympian isn’t the only Millar in the mix. Both his son Jonathon and his daughter Amy—who compete out of the Millar Brooke Farm in Perth, Ont.—have declared for consideration as members of Canada’s equestrian team, which will be announced on July 14.
However many Millars are on the team, all of Canada’s athletes in the three equestrian disciplines (jumping, eventing and dressage) will be aiming to build on the country’s rich history in the sport, which traces back to the Canadian equestrian team’s Olympic debut at Helsinki 1952.
source: http://olympic.ca/