Iran Bags 3rd ACC Gold

Iranian athlete Mahmoud Parash took the gold medal in the final round of the Asian Cycling Confederation (ACC) Asia Cup at the Kuala Lumpur Velodrome.

Parash set a blistering pace to clock 1:06.899s in the men’s 1km time trial, winning the third gold medal for the Iranian squad.
Japanese rider Kenta Inake (1:08.013s), came second, while Malaysian Mohammad Fakhruddin took the bronze with a time of 1 minute 10.106 seconds, IRNA reported.

Other Iranian riders Ali Asgari, Abolfazl Zarezadeh had earlier won the silver and bronze medals, respectively.

Reihaneh Talebi also took a silver medal in women’s junior 200m sprint.
Rain stopped events on the opening day of the final leg of the Track Asia Cup cycling championships. Only the 1km time trial events managed to hit the track in the morning before the heavens opened up to force the organizers to postpone the remaining events.