Asian Cycling Championship: Azizulhasni clinches sprint gold

Malaysian cycling ace Mohd Azizulhasni Awang clinched the gold medal in the men's elite individual sprint event at the 35th Asian Cycling Championship (ACC) in New Delhi today.

The bronze medallist in keirin at last year's Rio Olympics won 2-0 after dominating the first and second races, posting times of 10.451 seconds and 10.526s at the Indira Gandhi Velodrome.

He defeated Tomoyuki Kawabata of Japan who posted times of 10.543s and 10.623s respectively.

Mohd Azizulhasni, dubbed The Pocket Rocketman, had also won the gold in the same event at the 2008, 2009 and 2014 editions of the ACC. -- BERNAMA