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A focused Griffiths holds high hopes for Aussie Eventing team

Eventing rider Sam Griffiths is about to embark upon his second Olympic Games and after a smoother preparation to that which he experienced ahead of the 2012 London Olympic Games, the 44-year-old has high hopes for himself and his team in Rio.

At London, Griffiths was called in to the team to replace Megan Jones the day the competition began. It was the team’s second substitution in a week after Shane Rose was replaced by Jones with both riders’ horses experiencing minor injuries on the eve of competition.

This time around Griffiths been part of the team since the beginning.

“The difference here is that I’m feeling readier and hopefully I can show that in my results,” Griffiths said.

“In London I came into the team as a last minute reserve, literally the day of the competition.

“This time I was named in the team so I’ve had a really good program and I’ve been able to focus on fine-tuning everything.”

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