Despite turning 60 this week, equestrian Phillip Dutton, who moved from Australia to West Grove, is eyeing his eighth Olympics, writes Nick Zaccardi for NBC Sports. 

Dutton has no plans to step away from the competition and is hoping to become the oldest U.S. Olympian since art competitions were first added to the Games in the 1930s. 

Dutton first competed in the Olympics at the 1996 Atlanta Games, where he won the first of back-to-back team eventing golds for Australia. After he became an American citizen in 2006, he continued competing for the United States at his last four Games. In 2016, he became the oldest Olympic medalist from the U.S. in any sport since 1952, after he won bronze in individual eventing. 

While he is currently preparing for the Paris 2024 Olympics, he is also thinking about bookending his Olympic career with another U.S. games in Los Angeles in 2028. 

“I’ve been doing this for a long time,” he said. “At some stage, I can’t keep doing it forever. But I haven’t considered giving up and retiring. I’m still excited. I still enjoy the day-to-day and what I do every day.” 

Read more about Phillip Dutton and his Olympic dreams at NBC Sports.

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