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36 equestrian athletes have arrived in Japan – the first full cargo load of horses ever to land in Haneda, the waterfront airport that serves the greater Tokyo area and which is now welcoming a very different group of Olympic athletes

Eventing horses from Germany, Netherlands, Switzerland, Spain, France, Sweden, Belgium, Russia, Equador, Japan, Belarus and Finland are on board Saturday’s flight out of Liege

The Olympic eventing horses touched down at Rio de Janeiro Galeão International Airport just before midnight after a near-12 hour flight from London