Meet Adhav Kandasamy, Coimbatore’s young National equestrian champion
The Hindu
Adhav, 12, won an individual gold and a team silver at the Junior National Equestrian Championship 2021 held in Mumbai.
Adhav did – more than his father or uncle had imagined. Nine years since he first sat on a horseback, he has close to 50 equestrian medals, including an individual gold and a team silver at the Junior National Equestrian Championship 2021 held in Mumbai.
Equestrian, especially in India, is considered an elite and obscure sport. Only three Indians – Indrajit Lamba (in 1996), Imitiaz Anees (2000), and Fouaad Mirza (2021) – have managed to make it to the Olympics so far. Fouaad’s participation at last year’s Tokyo Games and the two silver medals he won at the 2018 Asian Games brought some spotlight on this otherwise inconspicuous sport.