LONDON, (Bernama) - Competing with seven-time world champion in the sprint event and facing a three-gold medallist in the Beijing Olympics will not deter Mohd Azizulhasni Awang from seeking Malaysia's first gold medal at the London Olympics.

The cyclist also known as the 'Thepocketrocketman' admitted being more comfortable competing as the underdog in the largest sporting event in the world and will be in action in the 200m individual sprint and keirin events on Saturday.

"There are too many big names in the sprint and keirin events at the Olympics but they do not intimidate me. I shall focus on getting a medal," he told reporters after a training session at the London Velodrome located in the Olympic Park, here, today.

The 24-year-old from Terengganu will be facing seven-time world champion, Gregory Bauge from France in the 200m individual sprint as well as host racer Sir Chris Hoy who won three gold medals in Beijing in the keirin events.

The sprint event will be held from Aug 4 to 6 and the keirin, one day later on Aug 7.

Asked if the two events were too close together, Azizulhasni who is based in Melbourne under national coach John Beasley, said he was prepared since the Beijing Olympics.

"I qualified on merit in both events and they are my specialist events," he said.

In Beijing, four years ago, Azizulhasni's challenge in the keirin semi-final was tied at ninth place while in the sprint 200m individual, he was placed eighth.

Meanwhile, national female cyclist Fatehah Mustafa who will be in action in the women's keirin, targets to be in the final of the event.

The 23-year-old rider from Terengganu achieved her best, which was fifth place at the World Championship in the Netherlands last year, and was a gold medallist in the keirin event of the Asian Cycling Championship (ACC) 2012 held at the Kuala Lumpur Velodrome, Cheras in February.

She won the gold with a time of 11.672 seconds and she recorded her personal best of 11.04 seconds at the World Championship in Melboure, Australia in April.

On her competition here, Fatehah admitted she would be competing against the world's best cyclists and that would push her to match them.