THAILAND (WAM)
National team cyclist, Mohammad Al Mutaiwei, clinched a silver medal in the individual pursuit race at the Track Asia Cup 2024.
Notably, Track Asia Cup 2024 began on Wednesday in Thailand and is ongoing until Friday.
The UAE team is participating with seven cyclists across the men’s, women’s, and youth categories.
Al Mutaiwei set a new UAE record with a time of 4:29.7 minutes over a distance of four km, averaging a speed of 53 km per hour.
He finished just behind Korean cyclist Park Sang-hong, who recorded a time of 4:25.9 minutes, while Kazakhstan’s Maxim Konkin secured third place.
This marks the third medal for Al Mutaiwei at the Asian level.
He previously won silver in the individual pursuit at the Asian Championships in India and another silver at the Asian Road Championships in Kazakhstan two months ago.
Al Mutaiwei is currently ranked seventh in the world for the individual pursuit category.