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India’s Anush Agarwalla, who clinched the historic bronze at the 2023 Asian Games has become the first-ever player to get India’s Paris Olympics quota in dressage. The Equestrian Federation of India (EFI) confirmed the news taking to X (formerly Twitter).
Agarwalla was allotted the quota on the basis of his performance in four FEI events, including Wroclaw, Poland (73.485%), Kronenberg, Netherlands (74.4%), Frankfurt, Germany (72.9%) and Mechelen, Belgium (74.2%). However, Anush has earned the Olympics quota, the EFI will conduct the final selection trial later.
“I am very proud and grateful to have been successful for securing a berth for India at the Paris Olympic Games. Competing in the Olympic has always been a childhood dream from me and I’m proud to be part of this historical moment for the nation,” Agarwalla said in a release.
“I will continue doing what I have always been doing: staying focused, being disciplined, working hard, setting goals and achieving them. I am confident that I will be selected to represent India at this prestigious stage,” he further added.
Several acclaimed personalities, including Olympic medallist Col. Rajyavardhan Rathore, Anuraj Thakur and others reacted on this achievement.
It is to be noted that Darya Singh (1980 Moscow), Indrajit Lamba (1996 Atlanta), Imtiaaz Anees (2000 Sydney) and Fouaad Mirza (2022 Tokyo) has previously represented India at the Olympics in this event.
