KUALA LUMPUR: Karate exponent R. Puvaneswaran pipped hot favourite cyclist Azizul Hasni Awang to win the 2010 Olympic Council of Malaysia (OCM)-Coca-Cola Olympian of the Year Award for the men’s category at Wisma OCM yesterday.
The 37-year-old Kuala Lumpur kumite exponent edged Azizul, who was the first Malaysian to win the gold medal in the men’s keirin event in the Guangzhou Asian Games last November, by just one vote to win his first national level sports award.
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