The British pair Matt Richardson and Will Bjergfelt both set world records in Turkey on Thursday.<\/p>\n
Richardson became the first man to go under nine seconds in the 200m flying start, recording a time of 8.941sec in Konya. The 26-year-old, who switched allegiance from Australia to Britain last year, surpassed the previous record set by Harrie Lavreysen of the Netherlands.<\/p>\n
Richardson said: \u201cI did it. I came here to do that, and that\u2019s what I did, so it\u2019s a pretty cool feeling to accomplish the one thing that I came out here to do. A bit of relief there. It was a lot faster [than I\u2019ve previously ridden], I was basically just a passenger. I gave the bike a bit of direction and it was just steering itself almost.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bjergfelt, meanwhile, broke the men\u2019s C5 hour record, covering 51.471km in 60 minutes. Bjergfelt comfortably surpassed the previous mark of 47.569km, becoming the first para-cyclist to break the 50km barrier. \u201cI don\u2019t think it\u2019s quite hit home yet that I\u2019ve smashed the world record on the track and that\u2019s a dream come true,\u201d said the 46-year-old.<\/p>\n
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