Equestrian Mirza qualifies for jumping final
Tokyo: Indian equestrian Fouaad Mirza on Monday advanced to jumping finals of individual eventing at the Olympics, managing to stay inside top-25 with his horse Seigneur Medicott here on Monday.
The 29-year-old Mirza, who had a spectacular dressage round by taking the ninth place on Saturday, knocked two fences in the jumping round to incur eight penalty points en route to finish 25th with an overall 47.2 penalty points.
The finals will again be a jumping round where the top 25 will compete later in the day.
Mirza is the first Indian equestrian at the Olympics in over two decades.
Imtiaz Anees (Sydney 2000) and Late Wing Commander I J Lamba (Atlanta 1996) were the two other Olympians from the country in equestrian.
Earlier on Sunday, Mirza picked up 11.20 penalty points in the challenging Sea Forest Cross Country Course to be placed 22nd.
Mirza and Seigneur finished the cross country run in just over eight minutes after starting a bit late owing to a technical issue.
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6 killed as sleeper bus hits trailer in Rajathan's Balotra; several injured
Jaipur (PTI): Six persons were killed while several others sustained injuries after a private sleeper bus crashed into a trailer in Rajasthan's Balotra district on Friday, police said.
"Six persons have died in collision between a bus and a trailer near Sarwadi village," Balotra Additional Superintendent of Police Harphool Singh said.
He said the crash was severe and front of the bus was badly damaged.
Rescue operation began with the help of locals and the injured were rushed to nearby hospitals.
Further details are awaited.
