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.

UPDATE: Fouaad Mirza and Seigneur Medicott have finished in the top 25 and qualified for the final round. The duo finished with 8.00 penalty points at the end of their show jumping performance. This leaves the pair with an aggregate score of 47.20 points. Penalty points from all previous rounds are considered in the final score so a medal is out of the question, but the top 25 is an encouraging sign for the rider and horse, both making their Olympic debuts.

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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?  

Rider-Horse	Country	Score
Oliver Townend, Ballaghmor Class	Great Britain	23.60
Julia Krajewki, Amanda De B'Neville	Germany	25.60
Laura Collett, London 52	Great Britain	25.80
Tim Prince, Vitali	New Zealand	26.80
Kazuma Tomoto, Vinci de la Vigne	Japan	27.50

 

SCORING GUIDE: The simple way to understand equestrian scoring is to literally focus on the errors. The more errors you make, the higher you score in penalty points. Higher your penalty points, lower your points. In dressage, rider and horse is judged on how they perform the set routine. Four overall attributes are looked for - freedom and regularity of the paces, impulsion of the horse, submission of the horse and position and form of the rider. Three judges give their individual score, and an average is drawn. This average is then subtracted from 100 and multiplied by 1.5. Fouaad scored 28.00 penalty points in the dressage stage. In cross-country, riders get a 0.4 penalty point for every second they exceed beyond the allowed time. Points are also deducted for any errors in jumping over the obstacles on the errors. Zero is the perfect score for cross country. Fouaad and Medicott scored 11.20 penalty points after exceeding the time limit. They took 8.13 seconds to complete the course, despite a perfect run with no obstacle penalties. In show jumping, rider-horse pairs are penalized for each second they exceed beyond the optimum time. If they exceed the limit set, they are automatically disqualified. Disobedience of the horse, a fall for either horse, rider or both results in point deductions and eliminations respectively.

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.