Sailors Faizal and Syukri moving up for Olympic challenge


Malaysian 420-class sailors Faizal Norizan (left) and Ahmad Syukri will move up to the 470-class boat in an effort to qualify for the Olympics. - KAMARUL ARIFFIN/The STAR

INCHEON: With the Olympics in mind, youngsters Faizal Norizan and Syukri Abdul Aziz are giving up the 420 class.

The two 18-year-olds delivered the first Asiad sailing gold medal for Malaysia in eight years by winning the event in Incheon.

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