Imtiaz Anees placed 25th

Sydney, September 20: Indian rider imtiaz anees, who qualified literally at the eleventh hour, was placed 25th in a field of 31 in dressage on the first day of the three-day equestrian individual competitions at the Olympic Games here today.

Astride "Spring Invader", Anees collected total penalty points of 61.00 to be placed lower down the table.

The field was led by David O’Connor of the United States with 29 points, followed by Marina Koehnicke of Germany (34.80) and Heidi Antikatzidis of Greece (37.40).