New Delhi : Deborah Herold missed out on a podium finish but India added another bronze through Aleena Reji, who won her second medal in a national record time to emerge as the star performer of the host country on the second day of the Asian Track Cycling Championships here.
Kerala girl Aleena bagged the bronze medal in the junior women 500m time trial event after clocking 37.439 seconds to add to her first bronze, which she had won in the team sprint on the opening day at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium velodrome.
In the process, she broke her own national junior 500m time trial record of 37.80 seconds. India have won two bronze — both by Aleena — in the championships so far to be at ninth spot in the medal tally. —PTI
