India’s Fouaad Mirza qualified for equestrian jumping finals at Tokyo Olympics 2020 on Monday. He is the first Indian equestrian at the Olympics in over two decades. Mirza and his horse Seigneur Medicott were in the top 25 after he was placed 22nd at the cross-country round on Sunday.

He scored 47.20 points. The Individual Eventing Final will start at 5.15pm (IST). 

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The 29-year-old Mirza, who had a spectacular dressage round by taking the ninth place on Saturday, knocked two fences in the jumping round to incur eight penalty points en route to finish 25th with an overall 47.2 penalty points.

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Imtiaz Anees (Sydney 2000) and Late Wing Commander I J Lamba (Atlanta 1996) were the two other Olympians from the country in equestrian.

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Earlier on Sunday, Mirza picked up 11.20 penalty points in the challenging Sea Forest Cross Country Course to be placed 22nd.

Mirza and Seigneur finished the cross country run in just over eight minutes after starting a bit late owing to a technical issue.