Ronaldo, the world junior champion and Asian record holder, pedalled the cycle at a pace of 58.254 km/h and clocked 1:01.798s, to climb the leaderboard.
India had a great campaign at the Asian Track Cycling Championships in New Delhi on Monday, winning two bronze medals. Ronaldo Singh made history by being the first Indian to win an international medal in the 1km time trial. After three days, India has amassed a total of 20 medals.
In the men’s senior division, he took bronze in the 1km time trial event. This was his first medal in this event, and India’s first as well.
Yuta Obara of Japan clocked 1:01.118s (59.902 km/h) to bag the gold, while Malaysia’s Mohammad Fadhil claimed silver with a time of 1:01.639s.
Ronaldo remarked,
I came here for the gold but had to be satisfied with bronze. I just repeated my last year performance which was not enough for gold, to change the colour of medal.
I have to focus more on my technique.
Ronaldo went on to say about his Olympic aspirations,
💫FOLLOW US FOR MORE UPDATES. ❌WE DO NOT HAVE IRRITATING AND SPAMMY NEWSLETTERS. ✅EVERYTHING IS AND WILL BE FREE FOREVER. SEE YOU AGAIN IN YOUR STORIES AND FEED 🙂I would like to build a team for the team sprint event where we have already won a world junior medal. It would give more exposure to the Indian cycling team, paving the way for versatility in our performance as a nation.
