Men's team sprint trio settle for fourth at Asian Games
NAGOYA: National riders Fadhil Zonis, Ridwan Sahrom and Akmal Jusena finished fourth in the men’s team sprint event at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games today.
NAGOYA: Malaysian national cyclists Fadhil Zonis, Ridwan Sahrom, and Akmal Jusena secured a fourth-place finish in the men's team sprint event at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games today. They achieved a time of 44.341 seconds, falling short of the Hong Kong trio of Mok Tsz Chun, To Cheuk Hei, and Yung Tsun Ho, who clocked 43.507 seconds.
China's Jin Zhiheng, Liu Qi, and Li Zhiwei emerged victorious in the bronze medal race, claiming the gold medal after clocking an impressive 42.152 seconds. This performance broke the Asian Games record for the second time on the same day. China had previously set a new games record of 42.348 seconds during the first round of the event.
The Malaysian trio (44.210 seconds) had earlier triumphed over Kazakhstan's Daniyar Shayakhmetov, Dmitriy Rezanov, and Kirill Kurdid (44.221 seconds) in the first round to advance to the third-place playoff. Malaysia had placed sixth in the qualifying round with a time of 44.827 seconds. Earlier today, Malaysian women's team sprinters Izzah Izzati Asri, Anis Amira Rosidi, and Nur Alyssa Farid claimed the silver medal.
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