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Asian Road Cycling Championships:
Iranian teenager Mirbaqeri wins road race silver
Iranian prodigy Seyyed Mohammad Mirbaqeri won a second medal at the Asian Road Cycling Championships, grabbing the silver medal in the men’s junior road race event in Phitsanulok, Thailand.
Mirbaqeri, 18, clocked 2:40:20 to finish runner-up to Hong Kong’s Hon Man Yip, who crossed the finish line in 2:40:17 hours, with the host’s Thanapat Sakuntae in third place.
This was a second medal for the Iranian cyclist in the competition, after he had won the individual time trial gold medal, thanks to a fastest time of 26:30.690 minutes in the final.
Koshi Narita of Japan took the silver with 26:34.216, with Indian Dendra Aditama Purniawan clocking 26:40.788 for the bronze medal.