Asian Track Cycling Championship: India win bronze on Day One

New Delhi: India notched up their first bronze medal in the team sprint event at the 37th Asian Track Cycling Championship, that got under way at the IGI Stadium arena here on Monday.

Aleena Reji and Shushikala Agashe came up with a strong show pipping Korea with an effort of 36.735 seconds, to finish third in the women’s junior team sprint event.

China (35.819 seconds) and Chinese Taipei (36.623s) took gold and the silver, respectively. Aleena, who had made her debut in an international competition here last September, said she was not very happy with her performance.

Results: Men Juniors: Finals: Team Sprint: 1. JPN 46.936s, 2. KOR 47.244s, 3. KAZ 47.852s. Qualifying: Team Pursuit 4Km: 1. KOR 4:19.294s, 2. KAZ 4:21.215s, 3. JPN 4:21.215s, 4. HKG 4:24.906s. Men Elite: Finals: Team Sprint: 1. CHN 44.913s, 2. IRI 45.765s, 3. JPN 45.765s. Women Juniors: Finals: Points Race 10Km: 1. Veronika Myrxina (KAZ) 28 pts, 2. Haneul Koh (KOR) 28 pts, 3.Yuka Matsui (JPN) 18 pts; Team Sprint: 1. CHN 35.819s, 2. TPE 36.623s, 3. IND 36.677s; Omnium: 1. Svetlana Pachshenko (KAZ) 145 pts, 2. Minhwa Kim (KOR) 144 pts, 3. Yumena Hosoya (JPN) 137 pts.
Women Elite: Finals: Points Race 20Km: 1. Yumi Kajihara (JPN) 24 pts, 2. Li Huang (CHN) 24 pts, 3. Youri Kim (KOR) 17 pts.
Qualifying: Team Pursuit 4Km: 1. CHN 4:30.145s, 2. HKG 4:34.926s, 3. KOR 4:35.776s, 4. JPN 4:39.231s.