{"id":71951,"date":"2025-08-15T15:56:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T15:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/71951\/"},"modified":"2025-08-15T15:56:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T15:56:09","slug":"matthew-richardson-breaks-flying-200m-world-record-again-24-hours-later","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/71951\/","title":{"rendered":"Matthew Richardson breaks flying 200m world record again 24 hours later"},"content":{"rendered":"

Just 24 hours after he broke the flying 200m world record, Matthew Richardson<\/a> returned to the velodrome to beat the benchmark again, setting a new best time of 8.857 seconds.<\/p>\n

The track sprinter became the first rider in history to clock under nine seconds<\/a> in the event on Thursday, doing so inside the velodrome in Konya, Turkey. Afterwards, he said he \u201crode a lot of it outside the sprint lane\u201d \u2013 that is to say, above the black and red lines \u2013 and that he had \u201ca bit more\u201d to give.<\/p>\n

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The 26-year-old lined up another attempt on Friday afternoon and took a further 0.084 seconds off the 8.941 record he set the previous day. His average speed for his latest effort was 81.3kph.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI knew there was more time on the table after yesterday\u2019s \u2018out of sprint lane\u2019 ride, so I knew if I came in with good execution and rode as close to the black as possible, I\u2019d go quicker and that\u2019s what happened,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere was more in the tank yesterday, so I was obviously really stoked about yesterday, but I was hungry for more.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Matthew<\/p>\n

(Image credit: Alex Whitehead\/SWpix)<\/p>\n

On Thursday, British Cycling<\/a> booked out the velodrome in Konya, located at 1,200m altitude, for a day of record-hunting. In the morning, Will Bjergfelt smashed the UCI Hour Record in the C5 classification<\/a>, becoming the first para-cyclist to surpass the 50km barrier. Charlie Tanfield then took on the elite men\u2019s UCI Hour Record, but fell three kilometres short<\/a> of Filippo Ganna\u2019s benchmark.<\/p>\n

The track was also booked out on Friday to allow for second attempts, paving the way for Richardson to have another tilt.<\/p>\n

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Breaking the record, he said, comes as a \u201cbig, big relief\u201d, adding the benchmark is \u201cout of my control now.\u201d<\/p>\n

The flying 200m is not a championship medal event, but rather a qualifying effort used to seed riders in the match sprint.<\/p>\n

Richardson, who previously represented Australia before switching nationality to his birth country last summer<\/a>, is the first British man to hold the record in the event.<\/p>\n

He rode a custom-painted Hope-Lotus HB.T<\/a> bike for his attempts, fitted with new 3D-printed handlebars, cranks and forks.<\/p>\n

Prior to this week, the flying 200m world record was held by Dutchman and five-time Olympic champion Harrie Lavreysen, who set a time of 9.088 seconds at last year\u2019s Paris Olympics.<\/p>\n

Richardson won two silver and one bronze medal at the Games riding for Australia.<\/p>\n

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