KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s Mohamad Yusof Hafizi Shaharuddin (pix) created a sensation when he managed to clinch bronze on the ongoing Para-Cycling Road World Cup in Adelaide, Australia.
What makes his achievement all of the extra outstanding is that the 27-year-old turns into the primary Malaysian para bike owner to win a medal on the prestigious occasion.
Mohamad Yusof produced an lively experience in the highway time trial occasion to clock 21 minutes and 33.17 seconds (s) to complete third behind Spain’s Ricardo Ten Argiles (21.32.27s) and Germany’s Pierre Senska (21.32.27s).
The week-long Para-Cycling Road World Cup ends on Wednesday (Jan 17).
In the meantime, nationwide para biking squad head coach Sallehudin Mohd Noh mentioned the success achieved gave Mohamad Yusof the chance to gather qualifying factors to guide a slot for the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games.
“Yusof has been given hope to hunt for a slot on the Paris Paralympic Games 2024. At the start of the race, the coach reminded Mohamad Yusof to deal with this race,“ he mentioned when contacted by eNM at present.
He mentioned Mohamad Yusof will as soon as once more be in motion in the highway race tomorrow.
In order to qualify for the Paris Paralympic Games, Mohamad Yusof must get hold of no less than 1322.5 qualifying factors with just one slot out there for Malaysian riders to the distinguished video games that can happen from Aug 28 to Sept 8. -eNM
