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2011: Indian Cyclists were at 149th place in world

Onkar Singh, Secretary General, CFI said in 2016 “5 years back [in 2011], when we taken over Cycling Federation of India at that time Indian Cyclists were at 149th place in World Ranking but now Indian Cycling has been improved much and most of our riders are Under-10 rank in UCI World Ranking. The day is not so far when we will win the medals in World Championships, he added.”

Track Asia Cup

2015: India 3rd

The Times of India, Nov 21 2015

India finish impressive 3rd with 11 medals

India finished their campaign in a creditable third position with an impressive 11 medals, including three gold, three silver and five bronze in the Track Asia Cup cycling tournament at the IGI sports complex, here on Friday . Korea finished at the top with six gold, three silver and three bronze while Uzbekistan secured second spot with three gold and four silver medals.

On the final day , India won two gold and three bronze medals. Young cycling sensation Deborah made a fine start on the final day of the competition by winning the gold medal in the women Elite Sprint event clocking 13.614 seconds to beat Korea's Cho Sun Young (13.704s). Deborah also missed one medal opportunity as she fell down in her favourite Keiren event. On the final lap, she couldn't maintain her balance and fell down on the track and after coming in contact of Deborah, Thailand's Pannaray Ra see also lost her balance and collided. Deborah eventually settled for one gold and two silver medals (including one from team event).

“I am bit upset that I missed medal in one of my favourite event Keirin-WE as I fell down.I could have won one more gold for India and I was leading but unfortunately I fell down and couldn't win the medal. Anyways you improve with every tournament. The overall performance of our team is better,“ Deborah said. In the junior women Sprint finals, India's Nayana Rajesh bagged the gold while Anu Chutia clinched bronze. PTI

2016: India finished second

Press Release | 31 May, 2017

India grabs 8 medals on the final day of the Track Asia Cup 2016 India finished second in the medal tally with 16 medals including 5 Gold, 4 Silver and 7 Bronze. by

The Women Junior Sprint final saw India bag the first two positions

On the final day of the Track Asia Cup, India has taken home 8 medals including 2 gold, 2 silver and 4 bronze medals at the Cycling Velodrome in IG Stadium today. India finished second in the medal tally with 16 medals including 5 Gold, 4 Silver and 7 Bronze after Hongkong with 18 medals including 11 Gold, 4 Silver and 3 Bronze.

Deborah in her Final Sprint event took the first position, grabbing a gold medal with a time of 12.576 and 12.493 in the first and second round respectively. She beat Zhaojuan of Hong Kong, who went on to take the silver medal, clocking 12.820 and 12.734 in both the rounds respectively.

Kezia Varghese of India was given the fourth in this event.

Deborah lost the gold medal in her favourite event ‘Keirin’ by a whisker and could manage only silver ahead of her teammate Kezia Varghese (Bronze) while two other riders of Hongkong and Malaysia collapsed and fell down after which they were unable to complete the race. Deborah turns out to be the star performer of the event with having 3 gold and one silver medal with her.

In the Men’s elite Keirin event, Indian cyclist Amarjeet Singh fails to win any medal and finished 8th.

The bronze medal was awarded to our Indian cyclist Sanuraj P with a timing of 12.203 and 12.322 in the first and second round respectively. Emerson was at the fourth position with timing of 12.225 and 11.352 in both the rounds.

In the Men’s Junior Keirin, Emerson won bronze medal for India.

The Women Junior Sprint final, however, saw India bag the first two positions adding another gold and a silver to the medal tally. Nayana Rajesh, was awarded the gold medal and was clocked at 12.658 and 12.865 in both the rounds respectively. Anu Chutia grabbed the silver position, with a timing of 12.764 and 13.178 in the first and second rounds.

However the Men Elite Sprint Final could not manage getting any positions in the event.

In the team Elite Women’s team pursuit, India bagged bronze medal comprising Raj Kumari Devi, Bidya Luxmi Tourangbam, Ratuja Satputhe and G Amritha Regunath.

The main attraction of the last day was the point race of 30Km where 14 riders took part together and they have to complete the 120 rounds of the track. However, Indian couldn’t win the medal in this race and Krishna Nayakodi and Ramesh Nagarajan could secure 8th place & 10th place respectively but the stamina and pace maintained by them was amazing and we can hope the medals in future with this event.

2017: India no.1

Rank 1 India Gold 7 Silver 9 Bronze 5 Total 21

Rank 10 Bangladesh Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 1 Total 1

Track Asia Cup: India win seven gold, top medals tally in event |Oct 12, 2017 | PTI

India won seven gold, nine silver and five bronze medals at the Track Asia Cup as they topped the medal tally in the tournament, followed by China.

Indian Cycling team finished their campaign by winning four medals, including two silver and two bronze on final day of the tournament.

China finished second with four gold and two silver medals while Indonesia secured third place with four Gold, one silver and two bronze medals. In the morning session, India juniors Mayur Pawar and JK Ashwin secured silver and bronze respectively in Sprint event.

Mayur clocked 11.045s with a speed of 65.188km/hr, while Ashwin finished in 11.098s with 64.877km/hr speed.

The bronze medal of Women Elite Sprint event was won by P Nayana Rajesh with 11.940s.

Ranjit Singh added a silver to India’s tally after clinching the medal in Men Keirin event. Malaysia’s Muhammad Fadhil won the gold, while his teammate Muhammad Khairil Nizam Rasol bagged the bronze.

In Men Omnium event, Ashton Lambe of USA added a silver to the gold medal that he won yesterday in the 4Km Individual Pursuit event.

Biggest upset for India was when Deborah finished fifth in her favourite event Keirin, even though she secured a berth for the World Cup. In Keirin, out of 5 rounds, in last 2.5 rounds cyclists have to defeat through their speed.

China cyclists Shanju Bao and Chaorui Song claimed gold and silver respectively, while P Nayana Rajesh, who is representing India’s second team ‘SAINCA’ claimed bronze