NAGOYA: Track riders Azizulhasni Awang and Shah Firdaus Sahrom have booked their spots in the men's keirin semi-finals at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games today.
Azizulhasni secured his spot in the semi-finals after finishing second in his first round heat behind China's Xie Han at the Izu Velodrome in Shizuoka.
Shah also placed second in his first round group behind Hong Kong's To Cheuk Hei. Only the top two from each first round heat secures direct qualification to the semi-finals.
Japan's Minato Nakaishi and Kazakhstan's Kirill Kurdidi secured the other two spots.
The other riders will have a second chance to qualify via the first round repechage heats later.
