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Hoy bikin Azizulhasni kempunan


AZIZULHASNI (kanan) bersaing dengan Hoy dalam acara pecut Kejohanan Lumba Basikal Trek Dunia di Copenhagen.


JAGUH negara, Mohd. Azizulhasni Awang gagal mempertahankan pingat perak yang dimenanginya tahun lalu selepas tersingkir pada pusingan ketiga (repechage) acara pecut Kejohanan Lumba Basikal Trek Dunia 2010 di Copenhagen, Denmark semalam.


Pada pusingan ketiga (repechage) itu, Azizulhasni, 22, sekali lagi tewas di tangan pelumba Britain yang juga pencabar utamanya, Chris Hoy.

Selain Azizulhasni dan Hoy, turut bersaing pada pusingan ketiga (repe- chage) ialah pelumba Jerman, Carsten Bergemann.

Kegagalan tersebut turut menyebabkan Azizulhasni gagal melunaskan dendam ke atas Hoy yang berjaya me- newaskannya dalam final acara Keirin kelmarin.

"Saya akui saya kecewa kerana gagal layak ke peringkat suku akhir hari ini (semalam).

"Perlumbaan tersebut sememangnya sukar kerana saya sentiasa diawasi Hoy sehingga ke pusingan terakhir.
"Walaupun tewas, saya tetap berpuas hati dengan prestasi saya memandangkan saya memulakan perlumbaan di kelompok bawahan dan seterusnya layak ke pusingan ketiga," jelas Azizulhasni yang dihubungi Kosmo! Ahad semalam.

Terdahulu, Azizulhasni menduduki tempat ke-20 pada pusingan kelayakan seterusnya membolehkan jaguh negara itu beraksi pada pusingan pertama.

Pada pusingan pertama, Azizulhasni berjaya menyingkirkan pelumba Perancis, Michael D'Almeida.

Bagaimanapun, Azizulhasni gagal meneruskan kayuhan bertenaga apabila tewas kepada pelumba Britain, Jason Kenny sekali gus menyebabkan dia terpaksa bersaing pada pusingan ketiga (repechage).

Kekalahan Azizulhasni dalam acara pecut itu turut memusnahkan impian seluruh rakyat Malaysia yang berhajat melihat pelumba kelahiran Terengganu ini meraih pingat emas.


AZIZULHASNI (tengah) diasak oleh Hoy (kiri) dan Bergemann pada acara pecut Kejohanan Trek Dunia di Copenhagen, Denmark semalam.


"Saya ucapkan terima kasih kepada seluruh rakyat Malaysia yang tidak putus-putus memberi sokongan kepada saya selama ini.

"Mungkin saya tewas pada perlum- baan kali ini tetapi saya yakin saya akan dapat menebus kembali kehampaan tersebut pada siri perlumbaan akan datang.

"Nasib tidak menyebelahi saya pada kali ini masih ada masa lagi bagi saya serta rakan-rakan yang lain untuk memperbaiki segala kelemahan," tambah Azizulhasni.

Naib Presiden Persatuan Kebangsaan Berbasikal Malaysia (PKBM), Datuk Naim Mohammad yang mengi- ringi Azizulhasni di Denmark tetap berpuas hati dengan prestasi yang di- pamerkan pelumba muda tersebut.
"Kita masih boleh berpuas hati dengan kejayaan Azizulhasni yang telah meraih pingat perak dalam acara Kei- rin.

"Kegagalan ini mungkin boleh dijadikan motivasi bukan sahaja buat Azizulhasni tetapi pelumba-pelumba lain agar mempamerkan prestasi cemerlang pada masa akan datang.

"Sudah pasti kita akan mengkaji segala kelemahan yang dapat dilihat pada perlumbaan di sini (Denmark) dalam usaha kita memburu pingat emas pertama pada temasya Sukan Olimpik London 2012 kelak," katanya.

Oleh HELMI TALKAH
sukan@kosmo.com.my

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