Having secured two golds, a silver and a bronze in track and road races in the National Games at two venues situated 928km apart, 28-year-old Manipur cyclist Tongbram Monorama Devi now wants to make an impact in next year’s Asian Games.
Monorama joined her teammates to bag a 4000m team pursuit gold and a team sprint silver before taking an individual 10km scratch race bronze in track events at the cycling velodrome in Delhi. She travelled to Gandhinagar, defied a high fever and overcame a minor accident to claim the gold medal in the women’s 85km mass road race four days later.
“The indoor velodrome in Delhi is air-conditioned. I had a high fever because of that. I was tired but I did not give up. I have never done so in my life,” said Monorama, making her debut in the Games.
