India win equestrian dressage gold at Asian Games: Action in images

Sudipti Hajela, Divyakriti Singh, Vipul Hriday Chheda and Anush Agarwalla became the first Indians in over four decades to win an Asian Games gold in equestrian

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India's equestrian dressage team of Sudipti Hajela, Divyakriti Singh, Vipul Hriday Chheda and Anush Agarwalla ended the country's 41-year wait for an Asian Games medal in the sport.  (PTI)

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They ended up aggregating 209.205 percentage points, finishing ahead of China (204.882 %) and Hong Kong (204.852%) and thus winning gold. (AFP)

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 It is the first time since 1982 that India had won an Asian Games medal in equestrian. (PTI)

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India latched on to the top spot and took the top honours in a competition lasting 10 hours.  (AFP)

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Chheda and Emerald (horse name) scored 69.941, Divyakriti and astride Adrenalin Firdod (horse) got 68.176, while Sudipti and astride Chinski secured 66.706 to finally end India's wait for a gold on Day 3 of the Games. (AFP)