HANGZHOU: Success requires sacrifices and for the unheralded Indian equestrian team, it was about moving away from social circles and leading a "boring" and "lonely" life but it all seemed worth as they created history in the Asian Games here on Tuesday.
The young quartet of Sudipti Hajela, Divyakriti Singh, Anush Agarwalla and Vipul Hriday won India's first ever dressage team gold and only the second medal in the discipline. It was also India's first equestrian gold in 41 years, after the 1982 Asian Games in New Delhi.