Organiers mourn death of Korean rider

Doha, Dec 7 (UNI) A pall of gloom descended on the 15th Asian Games after South Korean equestrian Kim Hyung-chil died following a fall from his horse during the cross country competition here today.

Kim, 47, who won silver at the Asian Games in Busan four years ago, fell from his horse Bundaberg Black while attempting the eighth fence at Sports City Temporary Venue.

Abdulla Khalid Al Qahtani, Director General of Doha Asian Games Organising Committee (DAGOC) wrote a letter to the President and Chef de Mission of the Korean National Olympic Committee, mourning the death.

''I send my deepest sympathies on the sad loss of your country's rider Kim Hyun Chil during the Equestrian Cross Country competition this morning.

''The competition has lost a noble and an able rider. Our prayers and thoughts are with you, the family of the deceased and the whole team representing your nation in the 15th Asian Games Doha 2006,'' he said.

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