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
Nauru at the 2008 Summer Olympics Nauru at the 2008 Summer Olympics Nauru competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics, that were celebrated in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. Nauru was represented by the Nauru Olympic Committee, and was the only nation out of 204 participating nations and territories that sent only a single athlete, and was one of 117 that won no medals at the Games. The sole athlete to represent the nation was Itte Detenamo, who participated in the weightlifting, and was the flag bearer in both the opening and closing ceremonies. This was the same number of athletes as at