Tokyo: Indian equestrian Fouaad Mirza was placed 22nd after the cross-country round at the Olympics here on Sunday.
A good round, in the individual show jumping qualifier, on Monday will ensure that Mirza and his horse Seigneur Medicott remain in the top 25 and make the eventing individual jumping final in the evening.
Mirza picked up 11.20 time penalties after a clear cross country round in the challenging Sea Forest Cross Country Course in the eventing competition, which took his total to 39.20.
He finished the country run in just over 8 minutes.
In the equestrian eventing cross country individual, a participant has to complete the course within 7 minutes 45 seconds to avoid incurring time penalties. The lower the penalty points count, the higher the rider ends up on the table.
Mirza and Seigneur started a bit late owing to a technical issue.
The delay in completing the course saw Mirza incur a time penalty of 11.20 for cross country stage based on going over the allotted time for the course.
After a spectacular dressage round, he was placed 9th on Saturday.
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