India wins 6 medals in opening day of Track Asia Cup

TIL Desk Sports/ Indian cyclists put up a commendable show on the opening day of the Track Asia Cup 2016, bagging 6 medals, including three gold and two silver and one bronze, here today. Deborah Herold did not disappoint her team and took home two gold medals on day one at the Indira Gandhi Sports Complex Velodrome.

In the women 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. In the 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. A bronze medal was awarded to Rajkumari Devi, due to walkover at the women elite pursuit 3kms event.

Talking about her achievement Deborah Herold said, “I was suffering from back pain for the last 10 days but this has been an excellent start for me. I am hoping on to keep the medal tally rising. My personal aim at the moment would be to improve my timing with every event.” In the men elite team sprint event, the team from Iran bagged the gold medal with a time of 46.330s while Malaysia and Kazakhstan bagged the silver and bronze medals respectively with timing of 47.999s and 47.641s.