Asian Track Cycling: India’s Ronaldo Singh wins silver, sets new national record | More sports News
India had success within the junior class of the occasion as Dhanyadha J P received silver in junior ladies’s particular person pursuit.
Ronaldo, one among India’s finest cyclists in latest instances, got here up with an outstanding efficiency as he completed second behind Fadil Zonia of Malaysia with South Korea’s Choi Woo-rim claiming the bronze medal.
The 21-year-old from Manipur, who’s the primary Indian bicycle owner to win a medal within the Asian Championship, clocked 1:00.863 to take silver behind Fadil Zonia, who clocked 1:00.559.
Ronaldo is India’s most profitable bicycle owner within the Continental championship with a silver and two bronze medals, all three medals coming on the Asian Championship in New Delhi final yr. He received a gold medal in Staff Dash within the Junior World Championship in 2019 at Frankfurt.
The medal in Malaysia is his third particular person and fourth total.
Ronaldo Singh’s timing of 1:00.863 can be India’s new nationwide report within the 1km time trial, surpassing his personal earlier nationwide report of 1:01.724, achieved final yr.
The Asian Monitor Biking Championship 2023 is a qualifying occasion for the Paris 2024 Olympics. Cyclists gather rating factors for the Summer season Video games. Nonetheless, the 1km particular person time trial is a non-Olympic occasion.
