IT has taken 25 years of trying. Finally, in his sixth and likely last Games, Qabil Ambak was in tears as the national anthem was played for the first time ever in the Asian Games equestrian competition.
The 43-year-old, making his sixth Asian Games outing, won the individual dressage competition at the Tong Lu Equestrian Centre yesterday.Rosenstolz – which is around 51 years’ old in human terms – has been with Qabil for seven years and also helped him win silver in the last Games in Jakarta.
“It has been a 25-year wait for the gold,” said Qabil who made his Asian Games debut in Bangkok back in 1998 when he was just 18. “I also spent a lot of my own money preparing and training in Aarhus, Denmark since July. Not many are willing to spend such money and I think I may be the crazy one to do it,” said Qabil, who would not answer when asked if he would go for another campaign in Nagoya, Japan in three years time.“It’s quite tough training and being away from home,” said Qabil, who rode his heart out for the five-minute performance.
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