PARIS, Aug 9 — National women’s track cyclist Nurul Izzah Izzati Mohd Asri has advanced to round 1/32 of the women’s sprint event at the Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines National Velodrome today.
She displayed good pedal power to finish in 21st position out of 28 riders (top 24 qualify) with a time of 10.709s in the qualifying round.
The 20-year-old rider managed to re-write her own national record of 10.903s timed at the Asian Championships in Nilai, Negeri Sembilan, last year.
On Wednesday (August 7), she missed out on the quarter-finals of the keirin event when she finished third in the repechage round.
— Bernama
