Nurul Izzah wins bronze in women’s keirin final in Asian meet

Nurul Izzah wins bronze in women’s keirin final in Asian meet

The 19-year-old took bronze in the women's keirin final held at the Indira Gandhi Velodrome.

Nurul Izzah Asri (centre) became the first Malaysian woman rider to win a gold at the Asian competition last week. (Faizal Azumu Twitter pic)
KUALA LUMPUR:
Young women’s track cycling star Nurul Izzah Asri added another medal to her collection on the last day of the Asian Track Cycling Championships yesterday.

The 19-year-old took bronze in the women’s keirin final held at the Indira Gandhi Velodrome in New Delhi, India.

Mina Sato from Japan won the event while the silver went to South Korean rider Park Ji Hae.

Last Sunday, Nurul Izzah became the first Malaysian woman rider to win gold at the Asian competition when she topped the 500-metre time trial with a time of 35.499 seconds.

Meanwhile, the national junior team took home two more medals through its two women cyclists, Nyo Ci Hui in the omnium event and Azwa Nabila in the keirin.

Ci Hui grabbed the silver by collecting 116 points overall behind the winner from Japan, Maho Kakita (153 points) while the Uzbek rider, Asal Rizaeva won the bronze (110 points).

Azwa settled for the bronze medal while South Korean Kim Doye won the gold medal, followed by her compatriot Na Yunseo who won silver.

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