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This Article is From Nov 17, 2010

Asian Games Cycling: Disappointing show by Indian riders

Guangzhou: The Indian cyclists continued their below par show and signed off without a medal in the track events of the Asian Games, on Wednesday.

In the men's Points Race which requires the cyclists to cover 120 laps (30 km), India's Atul Kumar and Rajendra Bishnoi finished 15th and 20th respectively.

Vladimir Tuychiev of Uzbekistan won the gold medal while Kam Po Wong of Hong Kong got the silver. The bronze was won by Iranian cyclist Mehdi Sohrabi.

The Indians fared no better in the Men's Keirin finals, where Prince Herbert Sara Hylem barely managed a ninth-place finish while Bikram Okram Singh was 13th.

The Malaysians excelled in the Keirin finals as their cyclists grabbed both gold and silver.

Azizulhasni Awang got the gold while compatriot Josiah NG got the silver. Miao Zhang of China won the bronze medal.

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