Azizulhasni blazes to men’s sprint quarter-finals


National track cyclist Azizulhasni Awang (right) in action during the men's sprint event at the Incheon Asian Games on Monday. He beat Hong Kong's Law Kwun Wa to book his place in the quarter-finals. - IZZRAFIQ ALIAS/ The STAR

INCHEON: Malaysia’s Azizuhasni Awang was momentarily a proud Asiad record holder en route to a place in the men’s sprint quarter-finals at the Incheon International Velodrome.

The 26-year-old broke the Games record of 10.140 seconds, clocked by Zhang Lei of China in 2010 in Guangzhou, when he blazed the tracks in 10.062 in the qualifying rounds on Monday.

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