Tokyo Olympics, Equestrian: India's Fouaad Mirza, Seigneur Medicott ride for place in final

India's Fouaad Mirza and Seigneur Medicott are placed 22nd in eventing, with the show jumping stage yet to end. Can the duo make it to the final 25?

Fouaad Mirza and Seigneur Medicott dropped to 22nd place in the overall standings after amassing 11.20 penalty points in the cross country stage at the Tokyo Olympics on Sunday. The top 25 after the show jumping stage will make it to the final of the event.

India's Fouaad Mirza and Seigneur Medicott will participate in the final stage of equestrian eventing - show jumping - on Monday to make it to the medal round of the event in Tokyo Olympics.

Of the 51 rider-horse pairs that remain, only the top 25 (including those tied for 25th place) will make it to the eventing final, where a second round of show jumping will decide the podium in the discipline at Tokyo 2020.

Mirza stood in 22nd position with 39.20 points before the show jumping stage. However, anything can happen at the venue as one saw in the cross country stage with Germany's double gold medallist Michael Jung. Despite a good run through the course, Chipmunk amassed penalties on the obstacles which pushed him from the summit of the standings to 10th place.

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Here's a quick look at how Fouaad and Medicott performed in the first two rounds:

Round one: Dressage

Mirza and Medicott finished the dressage stage of equestrian eventing at the Tokyo Olympics placed ninth on Saturday. The pair had amassed 28.00 penalty points in dressage on Friday, breaking into the top 10 at sixth position. The pair eventually ended the day tied seventh with Sweden's Louise Romeike and her horse Cato 60 on points (28.00), before ending at ninth after the third and final session. In dressage, lower the penalty score, higher the rider and horse place in the standings.

Mirza and Medicott placed ninth in a 62-pair field (one less than the original 63 after Austria's Katrin Khoddam-Hazrati withdrew from the event.

Round two: Cross country

After finishing the dressage phase of equestrian eventing in an impressive ninth place, Mirza and Seigneur Medicott stand in 22nd place after completing the cross country course with 11.20 points on Sunday.

Mirza and Medicott finished just outside the permitted 7:45 minute mark, completing the course in 8.13 seconds to amass 11.20 penalty points.

Medicott was sublime on the jumps but exceeded the time limit by 35 seconds and incurred the penalty points.

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Who leads the standings now?
 

 

Where to watch

Equestrian eventing is being telecast live on the Sony Sports Network and can be streamed on Sony Liv.

What time does Fouaad Mirza ride in show jumping?

Show jumping in equestrian eventing at the Tokyo Olympics is set to begin at 1.30pm IST.