Tsunami survivor Deborah ready to make Asiad waves in cycling

HAVING spent five days as a child clinging to a tree in the wake of a tsunami, Indian cyclist Deborah Herold has some perspective on the concept of fear of failure in the sporting arena.

Deborah, now 23, will make her Asian Games debut at the Jakarta International Velodrome but it is the tsunami that devastated parts of South-East Asia 14 years ago which remains the defining experience of her life.