Brian Cook clinched Hong Kong's first medal of the Asian Games when he stormed to bronze in the men's downhill mountain biking event yesterday.
The 20-year-old's medal finish was a bolt out of the blue to all concerned.
In a trial run on Saturday, he had only been able to manage the sixth-fastest time.
Yesterday, however, the British-born cyclist threw everything he had into a scorching piece of riding to negotiate the testing course at the Khoyai Rimthan Resort in three minutes and 57.65 seconds, pipping Taiwan's Liao Tsung-chieh, who finished fourth.
Thailand's P. Kongsamut took gold in 3:43.13 while Takashi Tsukamoto of Japan claimed silver in 3:44.13. Not that Cook was worried about that, though.
'I can't believe it. I'm just over the moon,' a jubilant Cook told Sports Post after bagging his medal on the circuit, which is based in Thailand's Khao Yai National Park in Nakhon Ratchasima Province.