Zara Phillips: Granddaughter of Queen wants gold at Rio Olympics

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Zara Tindall talks to the BBC about her return to her hopes for Rio 2016

Olympic medallist Zara Phillips says she is targeting a gold medal at the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro after becoming a mother in January.

The Queen's granddaughter became the first royal to win an Olympic medal as part of the Great Britain eventing team that took silver at London 2012.

"I definitely want a gold," she told BBC Breakfast's Sally Nugent.

Phillips, 32, who gave birth to a baby girl, Mia, is is married to former England rugby player Mike Tindall.

"It would be fantastic to go to another Olympics," added the 2006 world individual champion, , externalwho has not competed since last summer.

Phillips said the team that won silver in London had already talked about trying to win another Olympic medal in Brazil.

"Unfortunately, it's every four years so you've got to try to stay at the top level and have good results," she added.

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