SHIZUOKA - The national women's track cycling trio of Nurul Izzah Izzati Mohd Asri, Anis Amira Rosidi and Nur Alyssa Farid delivered a silver medal in the team sprint event at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games here today.
The trio clocked 48.566 seconds (s) in the final at the Izu Velodrome here to finish behind China's Luo Xuehuang, Yuan Liying and Jiang Yulu, who set a new Asian record of 45.370s en route to bagging the gold medal.
The previous Asian record of 45.487s was also set by China in 2024.
Taiwan's Wang Sin-Ting, Chen Ching-Yun and Liu Shang-Ying settled for bronze after clocking 49.061s to defeat Japan's Aki Sakai, Mina Sato and Minami Yamada, who clocked 49.137s.
Nurul Izzah, Anis and Alyssa, however, deserve a pat on the back for breaking the national record during qualifying earlier. The trio posted 48.023s after competing unopposed, improving on the previous mark of 48.086s set at the 2025 Asian Track Cycling Championships in Tagaytay.
For the record, Malaysia won the bronze medal in the same event at the previous Asiad in Hangzhou.
Meanwhile, Muhammad Fadhil Mohd Zonis, Muhammad Ridwan Sahrom and Mohd Akmal Nazimi Jusena missed out on a podium finish after losing to Hong Kong in the men's team sprint event.
The Malaysian trio clocked 44.341s to finish behind Hong Kong's Mok Tsz Chun, To Cheuk Hei and Yung Tsun Ho, who posted 43.507s to take the bronze medal.
China clinched the gold medal after posting 42.152s to defeat Japan, who clocked 42.511s.