Riding high: Daniel Shauqy performing a stunt during a training session.
JOHOR BARU: He started off as a Mat Lajak whom no one paid any attention to, but teenager Daniel Shauqy Md Yazid is starting to get noticed after ditching his illegal racing and winning in professional bicycle tournaments.
The 15-year-old SMK Tun Syed Nasir Ismail student said he got involved in Mat Lajak activity when he was nine years old after befriending some illegal bike racers in his neighbourhood.
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