Richardson Breaks Own Flying 200m World Record

Britain's Matt Richardson has surgery his ain world grounds successful nan 200m flying start, a time aft becoming nan first cyclist to spell nether 9 seconds successful nan discipline.

The sprinter has now lowered nan people successful nan flying 200m connected 3 occasions having concisely first held nan grounds successful 2024, while representing Australia astatine nan Paris Olympics.

Richardson, 26, eclipsed Dutchman Harrie Lavreysen's aged benchmark connected Thursday with a clip of 8.941 seconds and shaved a fraction disconnected that clip connected Friday pinch a tally of 8.857secs successful Konya, Turkey.

"There was much clip connected nan array aft yesterday's retired of sprint lane ride," said Richardson.

"I knew if I came successful pinch bully execution and rode arsenic adjacent to nan achromatic arsenic imaginable I'd spell quicker and that's what happened.

"[I'm feeling] beautiful good, a big, large relief. I knew location was much successful nan vessel yesterday, truthful I was evidently really stoked astir yesterday but I was quiet for more."

The 25-year-old, who switched nationalities backmost to Britain successful August 2024 was calved successful Kent but moved to Western Australia astatine nan property of nine, and maintained dual citizenship during his 16 years surviving there.

The flying 200m is not a title badge event, but is utilized arsenic a qualifying effort to seed riders successful nan lucifer sprint.