GREAT Britain are theteam champions from London 2012 and in Rio, two of that gold medal-winning team line out again - Nick Skelton and Ben Maher.

The age profile of the majority of the British side is on the upper end of the scale, and 58-year-old Skelton joked recently that some of them might have to be “stretchered” into Rio, but nobody is going to underestimate the threat they pose.