India ended their campaign in the Track Asia Cup at second position by bagging eight medals, including two gold, on the final day of the competition at the Cycling Velodrome in IG Stadium here today.
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Sanuraj P won bronze in the 1km Time Trial in the junior men’s event, with a time of 1:07.902. Hoi Wah of Hong Kong was third with timings of 13.644 and 13.300.
A bronze medal was awarded to Rajkumari Devi, due to walkover at the women elite pursuit 3kms event.
At the end of the first day of the championship, India and Malaysia share the top spot with three gold, two silver, one bronze medals each.
Favourite Deborah Herold added another gold medal to her kitty, this time in the Elite Sprint with a timing of 12.493 against Hong Kong’s Zhoujuan Meng (12.734). Chung Wing Leung of Hong Kong bagged the gold medal with a timing of 1:03.332. Chun Long Leung and TSZ Chun Law of Hong Kong will be competing against each other for the gold and silver medal respectively. Chun Long was clocked at 11.315 and 12.842 in both the rounds respectively and Tsz Chun was timed at 11.445 and 13.098 for the rounds. Nayana Rajesh won gold clocking 12.658 and 12.865 in the first and the second rounds, respectively.
In the qualifier of the Men Elite Sprint Sprint Event Taiwan’s Shih Feng Kang and Shih Hsin Hsiao will compete against each other for the gold and silver position and Iran’s Ali Askari and Hassanali will be up against each other for the bronze position at the event tomorrow. Shih Feng Kang from Taiwan and Maxim Nalyotov from Kazakhstan took the silver and bronze respectively, clocking 1:05.125 and 1:05.381.
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The main attraction of today was the point race of 30Km where 14 riders took part together and they have to complete the 120 rounds of the track. However, I am glad I managed to get a medal this time unlike in 2015. “We now have ample time before our next event and our cyclists will surely improve their performance by then”, he said.
