Tokyo: India Mirza Fouad took 11.20 penalty points and placed 22 after cross-country rounds at the Olympics here on Sunday.
A good round in individual shows that jumping qualifications on Monday will ensure that Mirza, the only horsemen at the Olympics in more than two decades, and his horse Seigneur Medicott remained in the top 25 and made the individual leap event at night.
Mirza took 11.20 time penalty after a clear cross-country round in the challenging course of marine forest countries in the event competition, which needed a total of 39.20.
He finished the country running in just 8 minutes.
In the events of individual cross-country individuals, a participant must complete the course within 7 minutes 45 seconds to avoid penalties of time.
The lower the penalty points, the higher the rider ended on the table.
Mirza and Seigneur began to be rather late because of technical problems.
Delays in completing the course of seeing Mirza bear the sentence of time 11.20 for the cross-country stage based on the time specified for the course.
After a spectacular round of dressage, he was in 9th on Saturday.
Mirza and his horse collected 28.00 penalty points in the dressage on Friday, breaking into the top 10 in sixth position.
The pair finally ended the seventh tied day with Sweden’s Louise Romeike and his horse Cato 60 on points (28.00).
Mirza has another event to go – show leaps – and he must finish in the top 25 to qualify for individual surge events.
Great Britain Oliver Townend was placed at the top of the standings, after no penalty time on the course on Sunday, with 23.60 points in the Ballaghmore class.
His compatriot Laura Collett also cleared the road without punishment, completed the third overall after this stage with 25.80 points in London 52.
Julia Krajewski Germany was in second place after charged 0.40 penalty points at the Cross Country Stage, finishing with 25.60 Points.