It was the third medal of the championships for Hong Kong after Yang Qianyu took silver in the women’s elimination race and Leung Chun-wing added a bronze in the men’s version.

“I think my performance was OK,” 22-year-old Lee said. “I had not competed at the continental championships for a while, so it is good to know the level of the rivals.

“Knowing that my ability is not as good as Yumi’s, I planned to take the initiative during the race, but I ended up not being able to do what I should have done.

“There were some tactical mistakes, so I hope to learn from them and make sure I do not repeat them in the omnium.”

Three years ago in South Korea, in her first Asian Championships as an elite rider, an 18-year-old Lee won bronze in the omnium – again behind Kajihara, who has won world gold and Olympic silver in the discipline.

Yang had collected Hong Kong’s first medal of this edition with her second place on Thursday, behind Japan’s Tsuyaka Uchino and Taiwanese veteran Huang Ting-ying.

Leung, the reigning Asian Games champion in the Madison, was third behind Japan’s Eiya Hashimoto and Ramis Dinmukhametov of Kazakhstan in the men’s.

In other Friday events, Leung Ka-yu finished fifth in the men’s 15km scratch race, Ng Pak-hang had to settle for fourth in the men’s pursuit after losing to China’s Zhang Haiao in the bronze-medal race, and Boey Leung Bo-yee was fifth in the women’s.

Malaysian legend Azizulhasni Awang got his hands back on the Asian sprint title when he emerged victorious over Japan’s Kaiya Ota in the final.

The 35-year-old – who won the sprint title six times before skipping last year’s championships to recover from open-heart surgery – had knocked out defending champion Kento Yamasaki of Japan en route to the final.

Azizul will attempt to claim his first Asian keirin title in eight years on Sunday. Succeeding would see him repeat the two golds he achieved in Japan in 2008.