Some cyclists and myself just had to go see Sara Aziz today, when we found out she's battling hard against stage 3b lung cancer.She's the 20-year old daughter of Datuk Astaman Abdul Aziz, a respectable figure in Malaysian cycling, who's the man behind the revival of the country's oldest race - the Jelajah Malaysia. Sara's a big cycling fan, whom we've come to know following her regular visits to races around the country. She's especially supportive of Anuar Manan, so we made it a point to pay her a visit and try to boost her morale in this battle that she's facing.
We all wish Sara the best and we know she's gonna win this battle to come and watch how the Malaysians are going to conquer the world in years to come.
By coincidence or by fate, that visit was in time for us to catch the final 60 kilometres of the men's road race at the Olympics in Beijing. What an exciting finish! And it just had to be number 8, Samuel Sanchez!!
Story from eitb.com follows:
Euskaltel-Euskadi rider Samuel Sanchez wins gold medal
08/09/2008
Basque Euskaltel-Euskadi rider Samuel Sanchez won the Olympic gold medal in the men's cycling road race on Saturday.
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Basque Euskal-Euskadi Samuel Sanchez won the gold medal in the Olympic cycling men's road race Saturday.
Davide Rebellin of Italy took silver on his 37th birthday and Fabian Cancellara of Switzerland the bronze. The three were among a group of six who sprinted for victory.
A total of 143 competitors from 54 countries left the start line in central Beijing for Saturday's 245.4-kilometer (152.5-mile) race that took them past Tiananmen Square, the Forbidden City and other landmarks before they rode out of the city for seven punishing laps of a hilly loop course between two points on the Great Wall.
Olympic cycling men's road race result in Beijing on Saturday:
1. Samuel Sanchez (Basque Country) 6 hours 23 minutes 49 seconds2. Davide Rebellin (Italy) +0
3. Fabian Cancellara (Switzerland) +0
4. Alexander Kolobnev (Russia) +0
5. Andy Schleck (Luxembourg) +0
6. Michael Rogers (Australia) +0
5 comments:
hello bro...we ( hafizal and me )just came back from the msian cycling team training and the boys are ready to roar! everything looks fine...esok takde training, rehat sehari. so, azizul and frens cakap nak pegi launching oakley punya safe house nearby the beach volley ball venue....good for them because they need a free mind before the race.....
Salam Abang Arnaz,
just dropping by to say THANK YOU so much for visiting, and for the book.
sara dah baca half of the book, and its so inspiring.i'm stronger after i read the book. thank you to the rest of Letua too :)
Dear Arnaz, pls convey my salam to Datuk Astaman, Sara and family. My thoughts are with them. What book did you give her? Was it Lance Armstrong's book?
Rizal, yes, gave her the book It's Not About the Bike. Tells Lance's whole story - how he was diagnosed with cancer, how he found he had to put everything aside and first try to continue living...etc. Very inspirational, albeit one of the first books on him.
Hope Sara is doing okay after going in for treatment on Monday.
Thanks
i am dropping a comment here on ur blog to inform u that sara aziz had just passed away on 20th oct at 9;15pm..al-fatihah
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