India finish third with 11 medals

India finished their campaign in a creditable third place with 11 medals — three gold, three silver and five bronze — in the Track Asia Cup cycling tournament at the IGI Sports Complex here on Friday.

Korea topped the competition with six gold, three silver and three bronze while Uzbekistan secured second spot with three gold and four silver medals.

On the final day, India won two gold and three bronze medals.India’s young cycling sensation Deborah Herold made a fine start on the final day of the competition by winning the gold medal in the women’s elite sprint event in 13.614 seconds to beat Korea’s Cho Sun Young (13.704s).

Deborah also missed one medal opportunity as she fell in her favourite Keiren event. On the final lap, she couldn’t maintain balance and came off the cycle after coming in contact with Thailand’s Pannaray Rasee who also lost her balance. Deborah eventually settled for one gold and two silver medals.

In the junior women sprint finals, India’s Nayana Rajesh bagged gold with a timing of 13.510s while Anu Chutia clinched bronze clocking 13.822s. The silver went to Fatemeh Hadavand of Iran (13.623s).

In the men’s junior section Emerson took bronze in the sprint finals with a timing of 12.347s. The gold went to Thanawat Uraikit of Thailand while Saiid Suwaidan of UAE won the silver.

The men’s junior team, consisting of Ranjith Singh, Sahil Kumar, Om Thalor Prakash and Sanju Udayan Abhjith also clinched a bronze in the team pursuit 4km event against tough competition with a timing of 4:46.643s. The gold in this event was won by Uzbekistan (4:39.630s) while UAE (4:42.679s) came second.