Indian men and women sprint to gold

India's men and women elite teams brought cheers to the hosts' camp by adding two more gold medals to their tally on the second day of the Track Asia Cup at the IG Stadium Complex Velodrome here today.
The Indian riders also claimed their second silver medal besides winning three bronze medals today for an overall tally of three gold, two silver and six bronze medals in both elite and junior sections.
Deborah combined well with Kezia Varghese in team sprint final to get gold in the two-lap event in 34.290 seconds. Both Debora and Kezia did their first lap in a time of 18.36 but clipped off more than two seconds in the second to finish ahead of the Bangladeshi duo of Farhana Sultana and Parul Akhtar who took 42.390 for silver. With no competitor for the bronze the medal was scratched.

However, it was the turn of men's elite team, consisting of Amarjeet Singh, Amrit Singh and Alan Baby, to prove its point in the three-lap team sprit event. They had a very tough competition with Hong Kong and Kazakhstan cyclists breathing down their neck but the Indians overcame the challenge in style to win gold in 48.570 seconds with an average speed of 55.59 kilometres per hour.
In contrast, the Hong Kong team took a little more than a second for silver at 49.490 while the services team, which is here for participation sake, bagged the bronze at 51.870, thus pushing the Kazakh team members out of the medal bracket. The Services Sports Control Board's team comprised RL Manoj, Faris Sala and S. Renjit.

In women's elite 3-km Individual Pursuit, there was no match to Hong Kong's Wan Yiu Jamie Wong who grabbed her second gold after beating India's Rutuja Satpute in a great finish after 1000 metres, having overtaken the Indian in the 2000-metre event.
The race was stopped after the Hong Kong rider overtook her rival with several laps to go. With no fourth competitor for the bronze medal contest, Bangladesh Farhana Sultana got the benefit to help her add another bronze to team's tally.