Hong Kong's Lee Sze-wing and Yang Qianyu on Thursday won a silver medal in the women's madison event at the Hangzhou Asian Games.

They finished the 30-kilometre race with 40 points, 10 fewer than Japan who won gold. South Korea finished third with 27 points.

The Hong Kong pair scored the maximum five sprint points on half of the 12 occasions.

They were within four points of Japanese riders Tsuyaka Uchino and Maho Kakita after the tenth sprint, but the leaders extended their advantage in the final laps to ice the victory.

Lee and Yang were also part of the women's pursuit team that won a historic bronze medal on Wednesday.

Lee, 22, said after Thursday's race that she is happy to have got two medals in her first Asian Games, but she wants to calm herself down as she has more races coming up.

"We've met our target at least. Because before the race, we lost in the Asian Championships. We were under pressure somewhat," she told HOY TV.

"Today, at least in our ideal strategy we wanted to be in the front four and we managed to achieve that."

Yang, 30, said this is her last Asian Games and she is glad to end with no regrets.