Joy for Malaysia as riders sprint to two bronze medals in Hangzhou

Go girls: The women's team sprint trio of Nurul Aliana Syafika Azizan, Nurul Izzah Izzati Mohd Asri and Anis Amira Rosidi put up a superb show to win bronze in team sprint at the Asian Games. —S.S.Kanesan/ The Star.

HANGZHOU: Malaysia got off to a great start with the national riders contributing two bronze medals in the opening day of the track cycling competition at Chun'an Jieshou Sports Centre Velodrome.

The women's sprint trio of Nurul Aliana Syafika Azizan, Nurul Izzah Izzati Mohd Asri, Anis Amira Rosidi got their acts right in the bronze medal ride by clocking 49.025s to beat Taiwan's combination of Hsiao Mei-yu, Wang Tzu-chun, Chen Ching-yun, who posted 50.344s, on Tuesday (Sept 26).