Track cyclists win Malaysia’s second gold medal at Asian Para Games

Track cyclists win Malaysia’s second gold medal at Asian Para Games

The national contingent also bagged two silvers at the Chun'an Jieshou Sports Centre Velodrome today.

Suraiya Zamri and Farina Shawati Adnan clocked 1:13.43s to win the women’s B 1,000m time trial. (Reuters pic)
HANGZHOU:
National track cyclists Suraiya Zamri and Farina Shawati Adnan (pilot) blazed their way to the gold medal in the women’s B 1,000m time trial (visual impairment) at the Asian Para Games today.

Suraiya-Farina were simply in a class of their own, clocking 1:13.43s at the Chun’an Jieshou Sports Centre Velodrome.

Compatriots Azlia Syafinaz Zais and Nurul Suhada Zainal (pilot) clinched the silver with a time of 1:14.08s, while China’s Wang Linhua and Liu Zixin (pilot) clocked 1:14.78s to complete the podium.

Meanwhile, the men’s B 1,000m time trial pair of Khairul Hazwan Wahab and Khairul Adha Rasol (pilot) won silver with a time of 1:05.74s to finish behind Chinese riders Luo Fei and Ma Wenhao who clocked 1:04.32s.

Iranians Heidarabadi Mohammad Dalir and Reza Rashno came in third for the bronze with a time of 1:06.34s.

Today’s gold is the second for the Malaysian contingent after swimmer Nur Syaiful Zulkafli’s triumph in the men’s SB4 100m breaststroke yesterday.

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