KUALA LUMPUR, March 30 (Bernama) -- National track cycling ace Nurul Izzah Izzati Mohd Asri missed out on a medal in the women’s individual sprint after finishing fourth at the 2026 Asian Track Cycling Championships (ACC) in Tagaytay, the Philippines, today.
The 23-year-old rider was defeated 2-0 by China’s Wang Lijuan in the bronze medal playoff at the Tagaytay City Velodrome.
Lijuan clocked 11.235 seconds (s) in the first race before once again outpacing Nurul Izzah in the second race with a time of 11.071s to secure the bronze medal.
The gold medal was won by another Chinese rider, Yuan Liying, who defeated Japan’s Mina Sato in the final.
-- BERNAMA
