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[ad_1] Indian cyclist David Beckham Elkatohchoongo© AFPIndian cyclists David Beckham Elkatohchoongo and Esow have failed to make it to the final of the Men's Keirin event at the Asian Games in Hangzhou on Friday. In Heat 1 of the semi-final, Indian duo brought up the rear in the six-man field. While Beckham managed to finish fifth at 0.922, Esow was below him at 2.980, having received a warning. Earlier during the day, David finished 0.112s behind topper Kaiya Ota of Japan in first-round Heat 2 and made it to the semis.According to the rules, the first two riders in each Heat qualify for the semi-final, while all other riders advance to the repechage.The 22-year-old Esow, too, made it to the semis with a third-spot finish in the Repechage Heat after finishing 0.134s.Esow had failed to fi...

[ad_1] Picture of India's David Beckham Elkatohchoongo.© TwitterIndia's David Beckham Elkatohchoongo shone in the cycling track, making the quarterfinal in men's sprint event at the Asian Games on Wednesday. On a difficult track of at the CSC Velodrome, David edged out his Kazakhstan rivals Sergey Ponomaryov and Andrey Kazchugay in final repechage to confirm his last-eight place. Earlier in the final heat, David edged out Ponomaryov by 0.188 seconds to make the last-eight. Ronaldo Singh Laitonjam however failed to progress losing to Andrey Chugay of Kazakhstan in the 1/16 final repechage round.(Asian Games 2023 Medals Tally | Asian Games 2023 Full Schedule)David and Ronaldo had come up with timings of 10.030s and 10.086s to take ninth and 13th positions respectively and make the 1/16 fin...