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236 THE SPORTING LIFE
Former World Champion, World No 1 and double Olympic medallist Azizulhasni Awang winning the Men’s Keirin at the 29th SEA Games (2017).
since badminton became an Olympic sport in 1992, as well as 8 silver medals from the BWF World Championships. Lee Chong Wei was ranked World
No 1 for 199 consecutive weeks from 2008 to 2012, the fourth Malaysian player after Rashid Sidek, Roslin Hashim and Wong Choong Hann to achieve the ranking and the only one to hold it for more than a year.
Bowling
Malaysian lawn bowlers have an impressive record at the highest level. Siti Zalina Ahmad is the
only woman to win two Commonwealth Games
singles titles, as well as
a pairs gold with partner Emma Firyana Saroji. Safuan Said was the first Asian to win the men’s singles in the 2008 World Outdoor Championships. The country’s ten-pin bowlers are in a class of their own. Shalin Zulkifle, former International Bowler of the Year, is
the first woman ever to win the World Tenpin Masters (against male opposition); Esther Cheah holds 16 international gold medals, including 3 from the World Tenpin Bowling Championships; and Siti Safiyah Amirah Abdul Rahman and Sin
Li Jane became the first Malaysians to win on the United States' Professional
Tour (2017). Syafiq Ridhwan Abdul Malik is the first Malaysian to win the Bowling World Cup.
Cycling
Track cycling is an authentic Malaysian success story, pioneered by keirin specialists Josiah Ng
- the first Malaysian to reach an Olympic final and win
a Commonwealth Games gold - and Azizulhasni Awang, former World no
1, World Champion and Olympic silver (2020) and bronze (2016) medal winner. Their legacy is