BEIJING, Aug 15 (Bernama) -- The cycling trio of Azizul Hasni Awang, Josiah Ng and Rizal Tisin set a national record during the team sprint qualifying round at the Laoshan Velodrome Friday.
The team posted 44.725s to eclipse the previous mark of 45.511s in coming out seventh fastest among the eight qualifers for the first round.
But they were beaten in the first round by France who were the second fastest in qualifying. The Malaysians clocked 44.822s while France, the eventual silver medalist, timed 43.656s.
Great Britain sprinted to the gold in 43.128s, edging France by five-tenths of a second.
Azizul had said before the race, the fast track in Laoshan was ideal for the team to break the national record.
He and Josiah will be at the velodrome again Saturday for the keirin event in which the latter finished in sixth spot in the Athens games.
-- BERNAMA
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