HANGZHOU: Anush Agarwalla first sat on a horse when he was three. His parents took him to the Tollygunge Club in Kolkata in what were routine weekend joy rides. Soon, those joy rides turned into a passion and, on Thursday, the 24-year-old scripted history for Indian equestrian by clinching the country’s first-ever individual dressage medal at the Asian Games here.
The victory tasted all the sweeter as Anush was part of the Indian dressage team comprising Hriday Chheda, Divyakriti Singh and Sudipti Hajela which won the historic team dressage gold medal earlier this week. “It feels so amazing. Six years of hard work has gone into this. I know how much my family and I have sacrificed during this period. It’s been a difficult journey, lots of ups and downs, but it was worth it. If anyone asked me if I wanted to do it again, I would say, ‘of course, yes’,” Anush said after his win.
