Asian Track Championships:
Teenage cyclist Mirbaqeri wins second men’s junior medal
Iranian cycling prodigy Seyyed Mohammad Mirbaqeri took his haul to two medals at the Asian Track Championships, grabbing a bronze in the men’s junior points race event in the Malaysian city of Nilai.
Mirbaqeri, 18, scored 360 points to finish behind Japanese Sota Yoshida and South Korean Junu Jang, who finished on 450 and 405 points respectively.
The Iranian’s first medal in Nilai came in the junior omnium competition, where the 18-year-old tallied 540 points for the silver, finishing runner-up to Doyun Kim (600pts) of South Korea, with Sotaro Matsuda settling for the bronze with 480 points.
It has been a glittering two weeks for the young Iranian, after he collected a gold and a silver medal at the Asian Junior Road Cycling Championships in Phitsanulok, Thailand, earlier in February.
Mirbaqeri won the ultimate prize in the individual time trial final, thanks to a fastest time of 26:30.690 minutes, and then went on to picked up the road race silver.
The Iranian clocked 2:40:20, with Hong Kong’s Hon Man Yip crossing the finish line in 2:40:17 hours for the gold.