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ACC head lauds Tagaytay track hosting

Published Mar 31, 2026 03:56 pm

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  • TAGAYTAY CITY — The Philippines is now playing a major role in the development of track cycling in Asia with Tagaytay City and PhilCycling's hosting of the 45th Asian Cycling Confederation (ACC) Track Cycling Championships and 14th Asian Para Track Cycling Championships.
PHILCYCLING president Abraham “Bambol” Tolentino (left) receives a plaque from Asian Cycling Confederation (ACC) president Dató Amarjit Singh Gill—with them are ACC secretary-general Kozimkhuja Urinboykhujaev (third from left) and Tagaytay City Mayor Brent Tolentino.
PHILCYCLING president Abraham “Bambol” Tolentino (left) receives a plaque from Asian Cycling Confederation (ACC) president Dató Amarjit Singh Gill—with them are ACC secretary-general Kozimkhuja Urinboykhujaev (third from left) and Tagaytay City Mayor Brent Tolentino.
TAGAYTAY CITY — The Philippines is now playing a major role in the development of track cycling in Asia with Tagaytay City and PhilCycling’s hosting of the 45th Asian Cycling Confederation (ACC) Track Cycling Championships and 14th Asian Para Track Cycling Championships.
“The Philippines is playing a major role in the development of track cycling in Asia,” said ACC president Dató Amarjit Singh Gill on the sides of the Gala Night celebrating the ACC’s 33rd foundation anniversary on Monday night at the Sigtuna Hall beside City Hall here.    
“What I see is a nation stepping up—investing in world-class facilities, including a 250-meter indoor, homologated velodrome,” said Gill, also a vice president of the International Cycling Union. “This clearly places the Philippines among the emerging forces in cycling in Asia.”
Gill commended the leadership of PhilCycling president Abraham “Bambol” Tolentino andhis  vision in bringing to life the ACC track championships supported by the  Philippine Sports Commission, MVP Sports Foundation, Sports Plus PH, Toyota and Peak.
“I want to congratulate President Bambol Tolentino for his leadership, his foresight and his vision to make this happen,” he said. “Well done the Philippines.”
The brand-new Tagaytay CT Velodrome sits adjacent to another UCI-standard BMX track which was built for the country’s hosting of the 2019 Southeast Asian Games.
“So far, so good and in terms of hosting, we’re on cloud nine,” said Tolentino, also the president of the Philippine Olympic Committee. “Thank you to everyone who supported us. This is world-class and to host an international event right away makes it even more special.”
Meanwhile, powerhouse China bolstered its medal haul with four more gold medals on Monday to create more separation in the overall medals race with 17 golds, nine silvers and one bronze medal.
A far second was Japan with 5-7-9 (gold-silver-bronze), followed by South Korea (5-7-6), Chinese Taipei 3-3-5, Hong Kong China 3-1-10, Uzbekistan 3-1-4, Kazakhstan 2-5-1 and Malaysia 1-4-1.
India and Singapore have a silver medal each, Indonesia a bronze while the other teams in the 16-country championships have yet to medal.
Sichen Huang ruled the junior men omnium, Zhengyu Pei delivered in elite men individual pursuit, Haijiao Sun added another in elite men scratch race and Liying Yuan topped the women elite sprint for China on Monday.
The other gold medalists included Kaiya Ota of Japan in elite sprint, Sze Wing Lee of Hong Kong in elite women scratch race, Sawda Hasbullah of Malaysia in junior women 1-km time trial, Seokhyeon Yun of Korea in junior men 1-km time trial and Ekaterina Makarochkina of Uzbekistan in junior women omnium.

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