Indian equestrians disappoint in eventing

Indian equestrian team finished fifth in team eventing while they also fell out of medal bracket in individual events competed over three days at the Asian Games here today.
After the dressage and cross country team eventing competitions held on Wednesday and yesterday, the Indian quartet of Sangram Singh, Mrityunjay Singh Rathore, Mirza Fouaad and Ajai Poovaiah were on fifth, and they maintained the spot after adding their performance in jumping event held today.
The Indian quartet stood fifth with an accumulated 188.50 penalty points at the end of the three events.
South Korean team won the gold, while Japan and Hong Kong won silver and bronze respectively.

In individual eventing, Poovaiah finished eighth, Mirza was 10th while Rathore and Sangram ended at 20th and 22nd.