Track Asia Cup (cycling) and India
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2015: third place, 11 medals
Jamie Alter, TNN | Nov 20, 2015, Track Asia Cup: Indian cyclists finish third with 11 medals
India's cycling contingent put up a commendable effort at the 2015 Track Asia Cup at the IG Stadium Complex Velodrome, ending the three-day event at third place with 11 medals - three gold, three silver and five bronze. South Korea came in first with six gold, three silver and three bronze followed by Uzbekistan at second with three gold and four silver medals.
On the final day, India won two gold and three bronze medals.
Deborah Herold, a 20-year-old from the Andamans whose recent achievements include five medals at last month's Taiwan Cup Track International Classic (a record gold in the women's elite sprint category) and breaking the national record to clinch silver, won gold in the women's elite sprint by clocking 13.614 seconds to beat South Korea's Cho Sun Young (13.704 seconds) in a photo finish.
Another medal went missing when she lost balance in her Keiren event, in the process colliding with Thailand's Pannaray Rasee, but Deborah ended proudly with one gold and two silvers medals.
Nayana Rajesh added to India's gold medal tally in the junior women's sprint final with a time of 13.510, followed by Iran's Fatemeh Hadavand (13.623 seconds) and Anu Chotia (13.822).
Emerson won bronze in the sprint final of the junior men's section with a timing of 12.347, but feels he should have done better if not for a collision he suffered after training at INS Patiala a few weeks ago. "I was hit by a scooter and my leg was bruised, so I missed crucial training. I should have won at least silver," he told TOI Sports .
The men's junior team, comprising Ranjith Singh, Sahil Kumar, Om Thalor Prakash and Sanju Udayan Abhjith won bronze in the team pursuit 4 km event with a timing of 4:46.643 seconds.
2016: second place, 16 medals
India finished second with a total 16 medals — five gold, four Silver and seven bronze — behind Hong Kong with 18 medals including 11 Gold, four Silver and three bronze.
The 21-year-old Deborah turned out to be the star performer for the country, having clinched three gold and one silver.
On winning the silver in her favourite event, Keirin, Deborah said, “I am unlucky that I lost the easy gold, I lost my focus due to the collision of other riders (Hong Kong and Malaysia riders collapsed and fell down after which they were unable to complete the race). This happened to me last year also because of which I failed to win any medal in this event.
Final Sprint event Deborah Herold clinched the top position with a time of 12.576 and 12.493 in the first and second rounds, respectively. She beat Zhaojuan of Hong Kong, who clocked 12.820 and 12.734 in both the rounds to settle for a silver.Another Indian — Kezia Vargheese — missed the bronze medal by a whisker, finishing fourth in this event.
Keirin Deborah Herold, however, lost the gold medal in her favourite event and managed to win a silver, ahead of her teammate Kezia Varghesse, who bagged the bronze.
Men’s Elite Keirin event Indian cyclist Amarjeet Singh finished 8th,
Junior Keirin competition Emerson won the bronze medal for India.
Men Junior Sprint final, the bronze medal went to India’s Sanuraj P, who clocked 12.203 and 12.322 in the first and second rounds, respectively.
Women Junior Sprint final: India bagged the first two spots and adding another gold and silver to the medals tally. Nayana Rajesh got the gold after clocking 12.658 and 12.865 in the two rounds, while Anu Chutia grabbed the silver with a timing of 12.764 and 13.178. Hoi Wah of Hong Kong was third position a time of 13.644 and 13.300.
Men Elite Sprint Final India could not manage to finish on the podium.
Elite Women’s team pursuit Indian team comprising Raj Kumari Devi, Bidya Luxmi Tourangbam, Ratuja Satputhe and G Amritha Regunath earned the bronze medal.
The point race of 30km where 14 riders took part and had to complete 120 rounds of the track. Indian couldn’t win a medal in this race and Krishna Nayakodi and Ramesh Nagarajan secured eighth place and 10th place, respectively.
Women’s elite, 500m Deborah won the gold, clocking 35.964s. Mohd. Adnan Farina Shawati of Malaysia and Yin Yin from Hong Kong bagged the silver and bronze medals respectively.
Team sprint women elite event The Indian team comprising Deborah Herold and Kezia Vargheese beat the team from Kazakhstan to bag the gold medal with a timing of 35.962s.
Women elite pursuit 3km event A bronze medal was awarded to Rajkumari Devi, due to walkover.
Team sprint event Indian colts bagged a silver medal beating Kazakhstan with a timing of 49.299s.
Junior women team India bagged a gold in the team sprint event.
? Another star for India was Alena Reji, who was taking part in her first international event as she won a silver beating Jantuganova Olga from Uzbekistan.
Team pursuit 4 km race Sachin Desai, Raju Bhati, Sandesh Uppar, Ashwin Patil and Sahil bagged bronze One km time trial event Sanuraj P finished third in by clocking 1:07.902.
The Indian team suffered a setback as world No. 6 Sahil got injured during training and wasn't at his best. Another home cyclist, Ranjit Singh narrowly escaped injury when he fell in the final lap of men's elite sprint repechage. He couldn't make the cut for the finals.
