Fadhil continuing family legacy by winning gold in Korat

Mohd Fadhil Zonis (centre) won the boys' 1km time trial gold medal in the Asian Cycling Championships in Korat, Thailand. Lin Chin-yi of Taiwan (left) bagged the silver while Jun Minami of Japan (right) settled for bronze.

KORAT: There are now two Asian cycling champions in the Zonis family.

Seventeen-year-old Mohd Fadhil Mohd Zonis delivered a surprise gold for Malaysia in the boys’ 1km time trial title in the Asian Cycling Championships at the Korat Velodrome in Thailand on Friday – thus defending his elder brother’s title in the process.