{"id":408643,"date":"2024-07-02T08:27:44","date_gmt":"2024-07-02T08:27:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=408643"},"modified":"2024-07-02T09:04:44","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T09:04:44","slug":"aussie-legend-denied-shot-at-ninth-olympics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=408643","title":{"rendered":"Aussie legend denied shot at ninth Olympics"},"content":{"rendered":"

Selectors have denied Australian equestrian<\/a> legend Andrew Hoy<\/a> in his bid to compete at a record-extending ninth Olympic Games<\/a> in Paris<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) is not expected to announce the equestrian team until Thursday, but\ufeff The Age reported on Tuesday<\/a> that the 65-year-old had been snubbed, which Wide World of Sports has since confirmed with an informed source.<\/p>\n

Hoy, an eight-time Olympian who made his Games debut in Los Angeles in 1984, has made more Olympic appearances than any other Australian.<\/p>\n

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If he had been selected for Paris 2024, it would have put him just one Olympic appearance short of the world record, held by Canadian equestrian great Ian Millar.<\/p>\n

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Hoy told Wide World of Sports early this year that he was open to competing at the Los Angeles 2028 and Brisbane 2032 Games.<\/p>\n

The equestrian icon from Culcairn, a small NSW town situated between Albury and Wagga Wagga, competed at the LA 1984, Seoul 1988, Barcelona 1992, Atlanta 1996, Sydney 2000, Athens 2004, London 2012 and Tokyo 2020 Games.<\/p>\n

He owns six Olympic medals including three golds, having been a member of Australia's triumphant eventing teams in 1992, 1996 and 2000.<\/p>\n

Hoy was Australia's flag-bearer at the Atlanta 1996 Olympics.\ufeff<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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