Azizul’s audacity is part of his winning package

IN his astonishing cycling career so far, two incidents define Azizulhasni Awang’s winning mentality - the horrific injury he sustained in Manchester in 2011 and being back on the pedal so soon after an open-heart surgery last year.

Since bursting onto the senior scene by winning the keirin gold in the Asian Championship in Bangkok in 2007, Azizul has shown that he is made of sterner stuff on a myriad of occasions.