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Asian Games 2023: India clinches gold in equestrian team dressage event

Updated on: 26 September,2023 05:05 PM IST  |  Mumbai
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The team comprising Divyakriti Singh astride Adrenalin Firfod, Hriday Vipul Chhed (Chemxpro Emerald) and Anush Agarwalla (Etro) aggregated 209.205 percentage points on the way to the top podium finish

Asian Games 2023: India clinches gold in equestrian team dressage event

Divyakriit Singh, Sudipti Hajela, Hriday Chheda and Anush Agarwalla (Pic\ Twitter: @Media_SAI)

India breaks the 41-year-old jinx and wins gold in the equestrian team dressage event.


Taking to Twitter, India wins gold in equestrian team dressage event.



The team comprising Divyakriti Singh astride Adrenalin Firfod, Hriday Vipul Chhed (Chemxpro Emerald) and Anush Agarwalla (Etro) aggregated 209.205 percentage points on the way to the top podium finish.

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Sudipti Hajela was also part of the team, but only the top three scores were counted in the event.

China was second with 204.882 percentage points, while Hong Kong finished with a bronze with 204.852 points.
It is the first time in the history of the sport, that India secured a team gold in a dressage event. The last medal in dressage, a bronze, came during the 1986 edition.

India last won a gold in equestrian in the 1982 Asian Games In New Delhi.

(With Agency Inputs)

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