TOKYO, Aug 5 ― National track cycling ace Datuk Mohd Azizulhasni Awang views his elimination from the sprint event as a blessing in disguise and has vowed to fight till the end when he competes in his pet event ― keirin ― at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics on Saturday.
He explained that based on the original plan with his coach, John Beasley, it was decided that he would not focus on qualifying for the sprint quarter-finals if he could not overcome Dutch rider Jeffrey Hoogland in the 1/8 Finals. Hoogland, who smashed the Olympic record with a time of 9.215s in the qualifying round yesterday, clocked 9.831s ― just 0.040s faster than Azizulhasni ― in Heat One of the 1/8 Finals.
According to him, the physically bigger-built riders had an advantage in terms of sheer power to dominate the sprint event compared to pint-sized riders like himself.
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