Over to you Shah, says the Pocket Rocketman

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It's definitely his last Olympic appearance as track cycling legend Datuk Azizulhasni Awang wants Mohd Shah Firdaus Sahrom to continue his legacy in Los Angeles in four years time.  Read more at https://shorturl.at/qjEYZ  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Malaysia's track cycling legend Datuk Azizul Hasni Awang has reflected on his team-mate

00:10Mohamed Shah Firdaus Sahram's second Olympics appearance in Paris.

00:14The 36-year-old Azizul Hasni congratulated the 28-year-old for his achievement in reaching

00:20the men's Kirin final on Sunday.

00:22Hinting that the Paris Games was his last Olympics and Shah Firdaus will continue his

00:27legacy, Azizul Hasni said the baton has been passed to his successor to fight on in the

00:32next Olympic Games in 2028.

00:35He said it was not easy for Shah Firdaus to enter the Kirin final at the Olympics.

00:40He said Shah Firdaus was eliminated in the quarter-finals in the Tokyo Olympics, but

00:45this time his appearance in the final was an outstanding performance.

00:49He said Shah Firdaus was on his way to bring home at least a bronze medal in the remaining

00:54100 metres of the race before being taken out by Japan's Shinji Nakano, taking down

00:59Britain's Jack Carlin in the process.

01:02He said Shah Firdaus' performance was one that Malaysians should be proud of and he

01:06hoped his team-mate will use the four years from now to prepare for the Los Angeles Games.

01:11Azizul Hasni's shoes will be hard to fill as he won a bronze medal in the Rio Olympics

01:16in 2016 and a silver medal in Tokyo in 2021.

01:21He broke his national sprint record in Paris, but his fifth Olympic outing turned to misery

01:25when he was disqualified for overtaking the derny in the first round of the Kirin event.

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