{
  "id": 14417934,
  "title": "Team sprint squads suffer early exit at Shanghai worlds",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/team-sprint-squads-suffer-early-exit-at-shanghai-worlds",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-14T09:51:56.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "New Straits Times",
    "slug": "new-straits-times",
    "url": "https://www.nst.com.my/sports/cycling/2026/10/1555455/team-sprint-squads-suffer-early-exit-shanghai-worlds"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Both male and female national team sprint squads failed to reach the top eight for round one at the Shanghai World Championships today. In the women's team sprint event, Izzah Izzati Asri, Nur Alyssa Farid and Aliana Azizan completed the race in 48.366 seconds, placing them 11th out of 18 teams in the qualifying round at the Shanghai Velodrome. They were the second-fastest Asian team, just behind China's time of 45.912 seconds, but fell three-tenths of a second short of their own national record, set a fortnight ago during their silver medal win at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games alongside alternate rider Anis Amira Rosidi. Great Britain emerged as the fastest team with a time of 45.842 seconds. In the men's team sprint, Shah Firdaus Sahrom, his younger brother Ridwan, and Fadhil Zonis finished in 44.815 seconds, securing 16th place out of 19 teams in the qualifying round. Previously defending champions the Netherlands set the pace with a time of 42.351 seconds. Saheed, who has been concentrating more on individual sprint and keirin events recently, was chosen over regular team sprint rider Akmal Jusena for this race. Despite undergoing knee surgery late last year, Saheed has not yet regained his full strength and was unable to qualify for the individual sprint and keirin events at the world championships. Former world champion Azizulhasni Awang, currently in excellent form, will compete in the keirin event tomorrow. The 38-year-old has recently won two keirin golds and two individual sprint bronze medals in the UCI World Cup series, as well as a keirin gold at both the Glasgow Commonwealth Games and Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games.",
  "summary": "KUALA LUMPUR: Both men's and women's national team sprint squads missed the top-eight cut for the first round at the Shanghai World Championships today.",
  "key_points": [
    "Both male and female national team sprint squads eliminated in qualifying round",
    "Women's team sprinters placed 11th, 0.366 seconds behind 2nd-fastest Asian team",
    "Great Britain fastest team with 45.842-second time"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}