Adonis bags second gold

Maharashtra have a field day at the MTB National C'ship

Oct 30, 2021 - 22:36

Pic : Adonis Tangpu (Instagram)

PUNE: Manipur-lad Khariksing Adonis Tangpu added another gold to his name, but overall it was hosts Maharashtra who dominated bagging two first spots in the 18th MTB (Mountain Terrain Bike) National Championship at Alandi-Pune, here on Saturday.

Day Two of the championship organised by the Cycling Association of Maharashtra, under the aegis of Cycling Federation of India, saw the highly technical and experienced Adonis add the Elite Men Cross Country Olympic title to his name to take his individual tally to two gold medals after having won the Elite Men Individual Time Trial (ITT) on the opening day.

Having had a full run of the trail and good know-how of the track, Adonis covered the 30 kilometer distance (6 laps) in 1 hour 12 minute 44.910. Adonis timing on Saturday was a vast improvement from the 1 hour 26 minutes 48.417s he had logged to win the ITT.

Following Adonis past the finish line in the second spot was Riyant Rai (West Bengal) clocking 1:14:03.035s and Ladakh’s Sonam Norboo 1:14:28.200s;

Maharashtra, meanwhile, had a fruitful day out with Siddhesh Ghorpade and Siddhi Shirke winning their respective events.

Siddhesh proved to be the hero of the day winning an MTB gold on debut. Hailing from Kolhapur, Siddhesh, a road racer, bagged the Youth Boys Cross Country Olympic. Having begun practising a month back, Siddhesh an eighth-grade student of Shri Jyotirling Vidyamandir, Vadanage-Nigave, completed the 2-lap 10 kilometer run in 25 minutes 09.917s, pushing back Tsewang Norboo (Ladakh) 25:33.235s and Arman Duay (Karnataka) 25:37.035s.

Pune-lass Siddhi was streets ahead of her rivals in the Sub Junior Girls; Individual Time Trial, winning the 10 kilometer (2 lap) run in 29 minutes 50.394s. Siddhi’s effort was a good five minutes ahead of Karnataka Karen Marshall (Karnataka) 35:29.607s and Nagasiri H.N. (Karnataka) 37:47.955;

Last year’s champions Karnataka had a one-two in the Junior Men; Individual Time Trial (20 kilometer; 4 lap) event with Charithgowda topping 59 minutes 08.661s followed by Smaran Subbaiah A.K. (Karnataka) 1 hour 03 minute 28.686s. West Bengal’s Sudhanshu Limbu 1:04:17.655s took bronze

There was good news for Maharashtra who was lucky to add another gold to their kitty. The Youth Girls; Individual Time Trial event had winner Gayatri Kittur (Karnataka) disqualified on a technical count as highlighted by the organisers. As a result, Akansha Mehtre who finished second with a 29:52.997s effort was awarded gold and Shravani Parit (Maharashtra) won silver and Avani Dariyal (Uttrakhand) the bronze.

Maharashtra thus has 3 gold medals to their credit.

RESULTS

Men Junior; Cross Country Olympic [30 Km. (6 Laps)]