Korea's women's cycling track team take silver

The Korean women’s cycling track team took silver in the sprint final at the Hangzhou Asian Games Tuesday, finishing the race with a time of 50.012 seconds after China.

Korea’s Cho Sun-young, Hwang Hyeon-seo, Kim Hae-eun and Lee Hye-jin competed in the race at Chun'an Jieshou Sports Centre Velodrome in Jieshou, China and completed the first lap of 250 meters in 19.669 seconds, finishing in second after Guo Yufang, Bao Shanju, Yuan Liying and Jiang Yulu of Team China with 18.629 seconds.

Korea failed to surpass China throughout the race, finishing the second lap in 15.281 after China’s 13.628.

China took gold in the end, finishing the race in 46.376 seconds, before Korea ended their race in 50.012.

Track cycling is a bicycle racing sport that generally takes place on specifically designed tracks. It has two categories: Sprint races and endurance races.

Sprint races take place with around three to eight laps and riders compete with raw sprinting power and race tactics.

Endurance races, on the other hand, are held over longer distances and the races focus more on the riders’ tactics as well as speed.

Malaysia took bronze in the final.

Korea has secured over 110 medals from Asian Games cycling events. Japan is the winningest country with over 140 medals.

BY PAIK JI-HWAN [paik.jihwan@joongang.co.kr]