Adonis K. Tangpu, a student of Cycling MySooru Training Academy in city, is the only Mysurean selected to represent the country in the U-18 age category of the 25th Asian MTB Cycling Championship-2019 being held at Lebanon from July 25 to 29.

He is one among the eight cyclists who are selected to represent the country in this Championship under various categories.

Adonis won two gold in the U-16 category during the 15th National Level MTB Cycling Competition held at Pune last year in the month of November. This gave him a big break in his cycling career and got him selected to represent the country in the Asian MTB Cycling Championship, says his coach T.V. Nagaraj.

Adonis Tangpu took part in the first ever national camp held for MTB at Kathgodam, Dogra, Uttarakhand for 20 days before leaving for Lebanon.