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Moments after he won the 20km scratch final, Australia's Stephen Hall was mobbed by the small crowd present at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium, as they jostled to shake hands with the winner, and Hall was more than willing to indulge them after a hard fought race.It was only four months back that Hall returned to his first love — cycling — after trying his hand in athletics for a few years. Back in March, the 20-year-old Hall — son of two-time silver-winning cyclist at the Commonwealth Games Murray Hall — started training with the Perth cycling team once again, hoping to break into the top rung of the national team.He is still some distance from achieving that goal — making the grade for the Australia team — but that didn't stop him from savouring the success here. The Australian team participating at the invitational test event here is actually the regional team from Perth. "I was really excited after the win. The crowd was cheering for me so I went over to thank them," Stephen said.Talking about his time away from the sport, Hall was candid enough to admit his failures. "I did not make it. Basically, I was training all by myself. But then I remembered how much I enjoyed racing, so I came back."Chief coach Robert Barnes, a close friend of Murray, was happy with the win. "Murray never pushed his son. When he started out as a cyclist 8-9 years ago or when he tried his hand in athletics, Murray always said it was Stephen's decision to make. Now he must be happy," Barnes, who had moments earlier exchanged his team jersey with one from the Indian coaching staff, said.Late burstHall wasn't in the lead pack starting off but caught up in the final laps, fighting off Malaysia's M Faiz Syarifuddin Abdul Kadir to take his second gold of the tournament. Hall was also was adjudged the best male rider in the competition. India's Prince H.L. Hylem finished third for his fist medal in the category.In the women's sprint, Chinese Taipei's Ting-Ying Huan beat India's Ch Rameshwori Devi in the final to take gold. Mahitha Mohan was third after Rajani Vijaykumari, who had won, was relegated by the referees for lane violation. O Bikram Singh won bronze in the men's sprint to shore up India's tally to 12.
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