Two-time Olympic medallist Azizul returns to ride as a pro

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Malaysian sport fans can rejoice as rider Datuk Azizulhasni Awang will be back in action for another year as a professional track cyclist under Team Azizul.  At a press conference on Saturday (April 19), the 37-year-old announced his intention to extend his illustrious riding career with his sight set on the Asian Games in Japan from Sept 19-Oct 4 next year.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/2es4rb9c  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00This is not a grant under RTJ. This is a grant under Mazis Sukan Negara. To me, I feel 200,000 is something Malaysia can afford to do this for Dato' Azizou.

00:24After all, he has given to Malaysia. And for me, in sports, when you have somebody who broke his own national record in Paris just eight months ago, after going through such a serious surgery, I don't think it's time to write him off.

00:41I don't think it's time to write him off.

00:43I don't think it's time to write him off.

00:47But my mental and physical system is always back to the asal factory setting.

00:53I still wake up early as I'm like, and every morning I wake up early, my mental and physical system is always hard to write.

01:01This is not an easy decision to make because if we go for this direction,

01:16I really need to do so much work, work, work and so on.

01:21And at the end, I took the decision to be active in the arena of Sukan Lomba Basikal in terms of competitive.

01:31However, this is a little bit different from before.

01:37After all, I will come out and not be able to work with Pasukan Kebangsaan

01:42because I choose to go myself in a professional way.

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