Equestrian: Taizo Sugitani set for Japanese record 7th Summer Olympics

Equestrian rider Taizo Sugitani is set for his seventh Summer Olympic appearance in Paris, the most by a Japanese athlete.The Japan Equestrian Federation said Monday the 47-year-old Sugitani has qualified for the jumping event at the Paris Games, along with Eiken Sato and Takashi Haase Shibayama.Following his debut in Atlanta in 1996, Sugitani competed at six consecutive Olympics until the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games. He missed out on his home Olympics in Tokyo in 2021 as his horse was in poor condition.Sugitani is currently tied with diver Ken Terauchi, who made six Olympic appearances befor…READ FULL ARTICLE