KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 16 — Malaysia’s national women’s road cycling team have received exciting news as they successfully clinched an automatic slot for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.
Malaysian National Cycling Federation (MNCF) president Datuk Abu Samah Abd Wahab confirmed that Malaysia was granted the slot by the International Cycling Union (UCI) following the victory of young cyclist Phi Kun Pan, who won the gold medal in the Under-23 women’s mass start event during the Asian Cycling Championship 2023 (ACC 2023) at Rayong, Thailand, in June.
This was conveyed by UCI Management Committee member and MNCF Vice President Datuk Amarjit Singh Gill during an MNCF executive council meeting two weeks ago.
“I understand the UCI will directly communicate with the Olympic Council of Malaysia (OCM) to notify them of the qualification,” he said in a statement today.
However, Abu Samah said MNCF will later determine which cyclist would represent the country at the world’s largest sporting event.
Besides Phi, he said another cyclist, Nur Aisyah Zubir, who won two bronze medals in the women’s individual road cycling and criterium events at the 2023 SEA Games in Cambodia last May, also has the potential to compete in Paris 2024.
The last time the national road cycling squad had representatives at the Olympic stage was in the 2012 edition in London through the participation of two cyclists, Mohd Adiq Hussaine Othman and Amir Mustafa Rusli.
— Bernama
