Mark Todd: People said I was past it but I'm still very competitive
Evening Standard
Great champions rarely make successful comebacks. But Mark Todd, who retired after the Sydney Olympics having been voted the event rider of the 20th century, can claim to be the exception. What is more, he wants the world to know.
"There are not many people who have left top-level sport of any kind, been away for eight years, and then come back and won at the top level again — not even Michael Schumacher," Todd tells me. "So winning Badminton, the Mecca of three-day eventing, last year was a unique achievement and something I'm very proud of.
"There's a lot to be said about the beauty of youth but age and experience counts for a lot, doesn't it? The fact is that, at 56, I'm still competitive at the very top. There are not many riders of my age competing at the top level."
Great champions rarely make successful comebacks. But Mark Todd, who retired after the Sydney Olympics having been voted the event rider of the 20th century, can claim to be the exception. What is more, he wants the world to know.
"There are not many people who have left top-level sport of any kind, been away for eight years, and then come back and won at the top level again — not even Michael Schumacher," Todd tells me. "So winning Badminton, the Mecca of three-day eventing, last year was a unique achievement and something I'm very proud of.
"There's a lot to be said about the beauty of youth but age and experience counts for a lot, doesn't it? The fact is that, at 56, I'm still competitive at the very top. There are not many riders of my age competing at the top level."
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