华天再度代表中国出征奥运会：期待团体赛首秀

北京时间7月18日，中国马术运动员华天在个人社交媒体账号发布消息，表示和爱马“堂·热内卢”一起出征东京奥运会。

中国马术队在本届东京奥运会创造了新的历史，首次在三项赛和场地障碍赛两个分项上获得了满额参赛资格。

两年前，华天领军的中国马术三项赛队在法国索米尔举行的东京奥运会资格赛中发挥出色，历史上首次获得奥运会团体比赛资格。在华天看来，这是中国马术的第一个里程碑，他始终认为此前两度奥运参赛的个人成就，对于中国马术的奥运梦想而言，只能算作“半步”，东京奥运会团体赛才是“实实在在的第一步”。

据悉，华天已于18日启程飞往东京，“堂·热内卢”和其他中国马术三项赛队的马匹一起，于19日从比利时列日登机，开启东京奥运会之旅。除华天外，中国马术三项赛队还包括孙华东、包英凤和梁锐基三名骑手。

华天在去往东京前，接受了CGTN环球体育独家专访，谈及了对此次东京奥运团体赛首秀的期待。

Chinese equestrian Alex Hua Tian announced on Sunday that he has chosen Don Geniro as his horse for his third Olympics since another option, Spike, picked up a small injury that has a high chance of developing into a career-ending injury if he competes in Tokyo.

In a recent interview with CGTN Sports Scene, the British-born rider already mentioned that he was agonizing over which horse to choose, as Spike and Don were equally deserving of this Olympic opportunity.

Hua Tian, 31, made his Olympic debut at the age of 18 at Beijing 2008 but this year, he will not be on his own: for the first time, China is sending an eventing team to compete at Olympics.

Speaking to CGTN Sports Scene, he told of the difficulties in preparing for Tokyo 2020, as competitions have been cancelled over the past year due to the pandemic and riders rely on those to get their horse relaxed, settled and confident in an atmosphere with lots of stress around the arena.

But he added he was curious to see how the fact that no spectators will be allowed in the stadium in Japan would influence the horses.

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