Unfancied Malaysian Stuns Cycling World Champion

Cycling sprint world champion Matt Glaetzer said he felt embarrassed after he was dumped out in the early stages at the Commonwealth Games in front of a shocked Australian crowd on Saturday.

Brisbane, Australia, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 7th Apr, 2018 ) :Cycling sprint world champion Matt Glaetzer said he felt embarrassed after he was dumped out in the early stages at the Commonwealth Games in front of a shocked Australian crowd on Saturday.

Glaetzer was the hero on Friday when he romped to gold in the men's keirin, but less than 24 hours later he was stunned by Malaysia's Muhammad Shah Firdaus Sahrom, who came a lowly 34th at the recent world championships.

Glaetzer, 25, a hot favourite for sprint gold on Australia's Gold Coast, had qualified fastest and set a Commonwealth Games record of 9.583 seconds in the process. But he tumbled out at the 1/8 finals stage, pipped by 0.024sec to the line by Sahrom, who went on to finish a whisker outside the medals in fourth.

Sprint gold went to the New Zealander Sam Webster, who celebrated by lifting his black bike over his head and high into the air.