{"id":10537,"date":"2021-08-04T20:11:35","date_gmt":"2021-08-04T12:11:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=10537"},"modified":"2021-08-04T20:11:36","modified_gmt":"2021-08-04T12:11:36","slug":"azizulhasni-shah-firdaus-off-to-good-start","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=10537","title":{"rendered":"Azizulhasni, Shah Firdaus off to good start"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">TOKYO, Aug 4&nbsp;&#8212;&nbsp;National track cycling ace&nbsp;Mohd Azizulhasni Awang&nbsp;and Muhammad Shah Firdaus Sahrom got off to a good&nbsp;start in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics as they both progressed to the 1\/32 Finals of the men\u2019s sprint event today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Azizulhasni clocked 9.626 seconds (s) to finish&nbsp;the qualifying round in the 17th place while Muhammad Shah Firdaus ended up in 23rd spot in 9.700s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A tricky task awaits Azizulhasni in the next round as he will face reigning champion Jason Kenny of Great Britain while Shah Firdaus will go up against\u00a0Harrie Lavreysen of the Netherlands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Screen-Shot-2021-08-04-at-20.10.17.png\" alt=\"Azizulhasni\" class=\"wp-image-10538\" width=\"495\" height=\"268\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Screen-Shot-2021-08-04-at-20.10.17.png 722w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Screen-Shot-2021-08-04-at-20.10.17-300x162.png 300w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Screen-Shot-2021-08-04-at-20.10.17-185x100.png 185w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Screen-Shot-2021-08-04-at-20.10.17-350x190.png 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 495px) 100vw, 495px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile, Jeffrey Hoogland rode to a new Olympic record of 9.215s to smash&nbsp;the mark set by Great Britain\u2019s Jack Carlin just 20 minutes&nbsp;earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jack had earlier broken his compatriot Jason\u2019s old mark of 9.551s that was set in the qualifying round of the 2016 Rio edition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The top 24 riders out&nbsp;of 32 riders qualify for the 1\/32 Finals to be held later today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8212; 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