First-timer Taslim happy with outing at BMX freestyle run at worlds

PETALING JAYA: National champion Sheikh Mohd Taslim Shaikh Mohd Raziff (pic) was content to finish 25th out of 36 riders despite failing to get past the qualifying round of the World Flatland BMX Freestyle Cycling Challenge in Glasgow, Scotland,

Fondly known as ‘Botak’, he scored 60.33 points to emerge as the fifth best rider in Asia and he is the only representative from the Southeast Asian region to compete in the qualifying round of the tournament.