Datuk Azizulhasni Awang kini fokus acara keirin bagi misi raih emas pertama Olimpik negara

Nadi Arena (8/8/24)

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00:00Azizul's fight in the knockout round stopped at the 1-8 repercharge round.

00:12The 36-year-old wrestler was in third place behind Matthews Rudik from Poland and Mikhail Yakovlev.

00:20Azizul had to fight in the repercharge after losing to Geoffrey Hoogland from the Netherlands,

00:26who also won the Tokyo Olympics.

00:30The race was technically perfect, but I didn't have enough speed.

00:36He used a bigger gear and used the track to lay off my charge.

00:42So we were side-by-side and just lost on the line.

00:45It was a fast race and I was seventh.

00:47After that, John said, for the repercharge, just take it easy.

00:53It's not that we gave up, but just to save the leg for tomorrow and the next day.

00:59So we had two days to recover and focus on our best chances event, which is Kirin.

01:07If I had gone through the repercharge earlier, I would have met Harry.

01:13So there's no point in meeting Harry in the quarter and then race for the next round.

01:19It would have wasted a lot of energy.

01:21So we tried to focus 100% on the Kirin.

01:24Overall, is it a good sign for Kirin based on today's performance?

01:28It's a very good sign and John was happy.

01:31He saw that I had a good leg and good speed.

01:36I know that in the Kirin, we can do some dangerous and fast moves.

01:45Hopefully, there will be no obstacles or obstacles in the Kirin.

01:52I hope that Shah and I can go through to the final.

01:56In spite of the failure, Azizul managed to renew his national record in the event.

02:04According to the record, 9.402 seconds in the qualification round

02:09surpassed the 9.523 seconds record in June last year.

02:15In the third round, without going through the repercharge,

02:19Dato' Azizul Hasni seemed to show an increase in performance

02:23even though the achievement remains the same as in Tokyo 2020.

02:28This also shows a positive sign,

02:31as the Rocketman pocket is full of excitement in the Kirin event

02:35which is also his favourite event in the 2024 Paris Olympics.

02:41Zuhair Mizan-Azam from Belladrome, Saint-Quentin and Orleans for Nadi Arena.