Expect Sir Mark Todd to become New Zealand's oldest Olympian when the team for the Rio Games is named tonight. First chosen for the boycotted Moscow Olympics in 1980, the New Zealand eventing pioneer attended seven Olympic Games between 1984 and 2012, a national record shared with Andrew Nicholson. In 2011 he became the oldest Badminton winner aged 55, and in 1994 won on last-minute mount Horton Point. The oldest Olympic competitor was Swede shooter Oscar Swahn, who loaded his musket aged 72 years and 281 days old at Antwerp in 1920. All the other contenders, except Atlanta Games gold medallist Tait, have had a top six four-star finish in the past year.

Source: New Zealand Herald June 27, 2016 00:00 UTC