India's David Beckham Elkatohchoongo shone in the cycling track, making the quarterfinal in men's sprint event at the Asian Games here on Wednesday.

On a difficult track of at the CSC Velodrome, David edged out his Kazakhstan rival Sergey Ponomaryov by 0.188 second to make the last-eight. He will compete against Malaysia's Muhammad Shah Firdaus Sahrom for a place in the semifinal later in the day. Ronaldo Singh Laitonjam however failed to progress losing to Andrey Chugay of Kazakhstan in the 1/16 final repechage round. Asian Games 2023: Srihari Nataraj Sets National Record in Men’s 200m Freestyle, Earns Reserve Spot for Final.

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 finals. In women's keirin, India's Shushikala Agashe (+1.087) finished fifth in her heat to fail to qualify for the semifinals, while Triyasha Paul (+1.109) narrowly missed qualification after finishing at third spot in her heat.

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