Amazing feat: Azizulhasni Awang (left) celebrates after winning the men’s keirin final of the Track World Cycling Championships at the Hong Kong Velodrome on Thursday. — AFP
PUTRAJAYA: Youth and Sports Minister Khairy Jamaluddin has played down calls for the National Velodrome in Nilai to be named after new keirin world champion Azizulhasni Awang.
Khairy feels that even the “Pocket Rocketman” may not be too keen on the idea as he is still involved in the sport.
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