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Anush Agarwalla fetches India’s Paris Olympics quota in equestrian | – Times of India

NEW DELHI: The Equestrian Federation of India (EFI) announced on Monday that Asian Games medallist Anush Agarwalla has secured a Paris Olympics quota for the country in the dressage discipline.Agarwalla, who clinched a historic individual dressage bronze at the Hangzhou Asian Games last year, earned the quota based on his performances in four FEI events: Wroclaw, Poland (73.485%), Kronenberg, Netherlands (74.4%), Frankfurt, Germany (72.9%), and Mechelen, Belgium (74.2%).The allocated quota is for the country, and the EFI will conduct a final trial to determine the Indian entry for the Paris Olympics."I am very proud and grateful to have been successful for securing a berth for India at the Paris Olympic Games. Competing in the Olympics has always been a childhood dream for me and I'm pr...
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Asian Games: Equestrian player Gaurav Pundir alleges discrimination; EFI says he was given all help | More sports News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Indian dressage player Gaurav Pundir on Monday alleged that the Equestrian Federation of India (EFI) created several obstacles in his way to ensure that he did not qualify for the Hangzhou Asian Games, adding that he will move court to get his name included through "substitute entry" for the quadrennial continental showpiece event.Pundir, the son of a former Army equestrian player Gulab Singh, added during a press conference here that the EFI hid crucial detail from him that Indian horses cannot compete in China because of certain quarantine regulations, which cost him crucial time in searching for a suitable horse in Europe or elsewhere."The EFI officials had come to know in March last year that Indian horses will not be allowed to compete in China (because of quarantine iss...