Asian Games: Indian women riders perform miserably at Equestrian event

Indian women Shruti Vohra and Nadia Haridass finished a disappointing 8th and last respectively in the Women's Dressage Individual Intermediate event at Equestrian competition of the 18th Asian Games, in Incheon on Tuesday.

The event was won by by South Korea's Dongsen Kim while compatriot Youngshik Hwang got the silver. Rischka Gading of Indonesia won the bronze in the event.Shruti riding a horse named 'Akira' scored an average 69.375% having scored 71.6% in the 'Artistic' round while she could manage only 67.15% in the 'technical' round. Her standing in the two rounds were 9th and 8th respectively.

Nadia Haridass finished 15th and last in the event with a poor score of 60.35 with only 57.9% in the 'Technical Round' while she could score only 62.8% in the 'Artistic' round.