Equestrian Dressage Men's Team 18th Asian Games 2018

18th  Asian Games Jakarta

Palembang 2018

Japan wins gold in Equestrian Dressage

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Asian Games 2018

Antara/Palembang/ Jakarta

Antara/Jakarta – Japan outperformed South Korea, Thailand, Indonesia and Chinese Taipei in the equestrian dressage event of the 2018 Asian Games on Monday.

In the competition held at the Jakarta International Equestrian Park (JIEP) Pulomas, Jakarta, the Japan equestrian dressage team secured the gold medal with a total score of 69.499 percent.

The Japan team comprises Shunsuke Terui, Akane Kuroki, Kazuki Sado and Masanao Takahashi. Riding his horse, Fabriano 58, Takahashi scored the highest individual score of 69.823 percent for the team.

Japan equestrian coach Christoph Koschel applauded his team members’ ability to cooperate and understand each other.

"I am proud of my team today because they were able to give consistent results," said the coach.

The silver and bronze medals respectively went to South Korea (KOR) and Thailand. Indonesia sits in fourth place with a score of 66.606 percent and Chinese Taipei at the bottom with 64.009 percent.

AG Media and PR in cooperation with The Jakarta Post