DOHA, Dec. 13 (Xinhua) -- Cheung King Wai of Hong Kong, China won the gold medal of men's points race cycling gold at the 15th Asian Games here on Wednesday.

    "In the first 40 laps, I reserved my energy, and just kept pace with other cyclists. My strategy worked well," said Cheung.

    Cheung collected 22 points through the 160 laps course, beating defending champion South Korean Joo Hyun Wook in the 9th lap.

    "I am really happy to follow Wong Kam Po's road to win a gold for Hong Kong. He supported me a lot," added Cheung.

    The silver medal was taken by Vladimir Tuychiev of Uzbekistan. The bronze medal went to Ilya Chernyshov of Kazakhstan.

    Joo Hyun Wook only finished fifth with 8 points.