KUALA LUMPUR: Track cyclist Nurul Izzah Izzati Asri set a new national record in the women's sprint event at the Paris Olympics on Friday.
The 20-year-old debutante clocked 10.709 seconds in the qualifying round, surpassing her previous record of 10.903 seconds set at the Asian Track Cycling Championships in Nilai last year.
However, Izzah was unable to advance far in the event at the Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines National Velodrome.
She ranked 21st after the qualifying round and lost to Britain's Sophie Capewell in the first round, moving on to the repechage.
In the repechage, Izzah finished behind Canada's Lauriane Genest but ahead of Japan's Riyu Ohta.
Only the winner advanced to the second round.
Izzah's campaign in Paris began on Wednesday, where she did not progress beyond the keirin quarter-finals.