Sawda Clinches 1km Time Trial Gold, Smashes Asian Junior Mark In Tagaytay

KUALA LUMPUR, March 30 (Bernama) -- National junior track cyclist Sawda Hasbullah redeemed herself in style by clinching the gold medal in the women’s junior 1-kilometre (km) time trial at the 2026 Asian Cycling Championships (ACC) in Tagaytay, the Philippines, today.

Sawda not only successfully defended the title she won last year at the National Velodrome in Nilai, but also rewrote her own Asian junior record with a time of one minute and 09.604 seconds (s).

Her previous Asian junior mark of 1:10.818s.

South Korea’s Lee Hyun Ji took the silver medal with a time of 1:10.640s, while India’s S Thabitha settled for bronze in 1:12.613s.

Earlier, Sawda failed to defend her gold medal in the sprint event.

Sawda also bagged a bronze medal alongside Nur Umairah Qhaisara Zulfikha Razak and Davia Evriel Eriana Azif in the women’s junior sprint team event.

-- BERNAMA