Zara Tindall equestrianism. Despite winning team gold at the 2007 European Eventing Championships in Italy, she failed to defend her individual title after a problem in the show-jumping phase of the competition. The British Olympic Association announced that Tindall would ride Toytown for the British equestrian team at the Beijing Olympic Games 2008 in Hong Kong. However Toytown was injured during training and she was forced to withdraw from the team. Tindall also missed the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, when Toytown suffered a similar injury during training. On 25 October 2008, Tindall fell from her horse, Tsunami II, at the 15th
Italy at the 2008 Summer Olympics place, while the women's team finished in 6th place. Italy at the 2008 Summer Olympics Italy competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics, held in Beijing, China. The country sent a delegation of 344 athletes to compete. At the 2007 World Outdoor Target Championships, Italy's men's team placed fifth and its women's team placed fourth. This qualified the nation to send full teams of three men and three women to the Olympics. Davide Rebellin won the silver medal in the men's road race, but was stripped of that medal, as he tested positive for CERA after the event. Italy had qualified