Azizulhasni misses podium finish in Track Cycling World C’ship
KUALA LUMPUR: National track cycling champion Datuk Mohd Azizulhasni Awang failed to advance to the finals of the men’s elite keirin competition of the 2023 Track Cycling World Championships in Glasgow, Scotland yesterday. The 35-year-old rider’s path was thwarted, after he finished the first heat of the semi-final round in fourth place according to the […]
Keirin bronze feels like gold to me
LONDON: “It’s as good as the gold medal!” That was the reaction of national track cyclist Muhammad Shah Firdaus Sahrom after bagging the bronze medal in the men’s keirin final of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games at the Lee Valley VeloPark here today. Trinidad and Tobago’s Nicholas Paul powered his way to the gold medal […]
Silver it is for ‘The Pocket Rocketman’
TOKYO: An unexpected early sprint by defending champion Jason Kenny of Great Britain thwarted national track cycling ace Datuk Mohd Azizulhasni Awang’s bid to deliver Malaysia its first-ever Olympic gold medal at the Izu Velodrome in Shizuoka today. As the dust settled on a dramatic men’s keirin final, which saw Kenny powering to the gold […]
‘Datuk’ title fires up Azizulhasni further to deliver Malaysia’s first Olympic gold medal
KUALA LUMPUR: The spirit of national track cycling champion Datuk Mohd Azizulhasni Awang to make history at the Tokyo Olympics by bringing home the country’s first gold medal from the prestigious sporting event is “burning hotter”. This comes is after the 33-year-old 2017 keirin world champion, who is scheduled to leave for Tokyo on July […]