Olympics-Cycling-Pocket rocket Awang disqualified in last Games appearance

SAINT QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France (Reuters) - Malaysia's two-time Olympic keirin medallist Azizulhasni Awang saw his hopes of a third wiped out in the first round on Saturday as he was disqualified.

Awang, nicknamed the "pocket rocket", was excluded after overtaking the motorised derny before it pulled off the track.

The 36-year-old, who will retire after the Olympics, looked distraught as he sat down alongside his coaches.

Awang took a bronze medal in Rio which was Malaysia's first track cycling Olympic medal. He went one better in Tokyo where he was runner-up behind Jason Kenny.

(Reporting by Martyn Herman; Editing by Alison Williams)