NILAI (MALAYSIA): Ace Indian bicycle owner Ronaldo Singh Laitonjam claimed a silver medal whereas setting a brand new nationwide report within the particular person time trial on the Asian Observe Biking Championship that concluded right here on Monday.
India had success within the junior class of the occasion as Dhanyadha J P received silver in junior ladies’s particular person pursuit.
Ronaldo, considered one of India’s greatest cyclists in current occasions, 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 12 months. 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 general.
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 12 months.
The Asian Observe Biking Championship 2023 is a qualifying occasion for the Paris 2024 Olympics. Cyclists gather rating factors for the Summer season Video games. Nevertheless, the 1km particular person time trial is a non-Olympic occasion.