Kazakhstan topped the medals table with three golds, one silver, and one bronze in Thailand ©gov.kz

Yevgeniy Federov starred for table toppers Kazakhstan at the Asian Road Cycling Championships in the Thai city of Rayong as he clinched two gold medals.

Federov came into the event in fine form having taken first place in the men's road race at the Road World Under-23 Championships.

He was also the reigning continental champion in the individual time trial and made no mistake to prevail in the discipline once again.

The 23-year-old Federov clocked in after 53mins 28.423sec to subject Chinese Taipei's Sergio Tu to second.

Tu was 1:57.299 off the pace while Mongolian Sainbayaryn Jambaljamts registered a time of 56:35.771 to make up the podium.

Federov then combined with compatriots Dmitriy Gruzdev, Igor Chzhan, Makhabbat Umutzhanova, Rinata Sultanova and Marina Kuzmina to triumph in the team relay.

They downed respective silver and bronze medallists Uzbekistan and China.

Kazakhstan and Japan were awarded Paris 2024 places after the countries' athletes achieved podium places in the men's individual road race ©gov.kz
Kazakhstan and Japan were awarded Paris 2024 places after the countries' athletes achieved podium places in the men's individual road race ©gov.kz

Gleb Brussenskiy secured a place at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in the individual road race after he won gold ahead of compatriot Yevgeniy Gidich and bronze medallist Yuliya Arashiro. 

As two Kazakhs took the top spots, the second qualification place went to Japan courtesy of Arashiro's performance.

Southeast Asian Games champion Nguyễn Thị Thật of Vietnam was victorious in the women's individual road race to claim a Paris 2024 spot for her country while Sun Jiajun did the same for China in second.

Jutatip Maneephan then secured the host nation's only medal of the Championships with a bronze.

Uzbek Olga Zabelinskaya bagged the women's individual time trial victory by fending off stern challenges from South Korean Na Ah-reum and Rinata Sultanova of Kazakhstan.

Kazakhstan finished top of the medals table with three golds, one silver and one bronze in total.

Uzbekistan and Vietnam were tied with one gold medal each but the team silver for Uzbekistan put them in second.