Too powerful: Malaysia’s Mohd Shah Firdaus competing against Holland’s Harrie Lavreysen in the last 16 of the sprint event. — AFP
PETALING JAYA: The towering Harrie Lavreysen and Jeffrey Hoogland from Holland are the equivalent of Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt in track cycling. Fast, powerful and unstoppable.
It’s also the reason why Malaysian track cyclists Azizulhasni Awang and Mohd Shah Firdaus Sahrom gave up on the sprint event yesterday to conserve their energy for the first-round action in their last event keirin tomorrow.
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