Cycling Para-racing Athlete M Fadli Stopped In Tokyo Paralympics Qualifying Round

Muhammad Fadli Imammuddin failed to donate the Tokyo Paralympics medal (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - Indonesian para-cyclist Muhammad Fadli Imammuddin failed to donate a medal for the Tokyo Paralympics after stopping early in the qualifying round for the C4 4000 m individual pursuit at the Izu Velodrome, Friday.

Cited from Antara, Fadli had to settle for sixth place with a time of 4 minutes 50.393 seconds.

In the qualifying round, Fadli appeared in Heat 2 with Colombia's Diego German Deunas who was the bronze medalist at the 2016 Rio Olympics.

Deunas, who appeared faster with a record of 4 minutes 35.230 seconds, was entitled to advance to the bronze medal contest in Tokyo after finishing third.

Meanwhile, Fadli's record of 4 minutes 50.393 seconds failed to penetrate the top four when he was accumulated with six other riders competing in that number.

The 37-year-old rider must finish first or second if he wants to qualify for the final and fight for a gold or silver medal. Meanwhile, if he is in the fourth position, Fadli can compete for the bronze medal.

In the qualifying round, Slovak Jozef Metelka was in first place with a time of 4 minutes 22.772 seconds, followed by Romanian Carol-Eduard Novak in second place. The two riders will face a match for the gold at 13.00 p.m. Indonesian Western Time later.

Meanwhile for Fadli, hopes of bringing home a Tokyo Paralympics medal from the cycling para-cycling branch have now been dashed.

The day before, the 2018 Asian Para Games gold winner had also not managed to get a medal in the men's C4-C5 1000m time trial number after finishing at 17th.