Britain's Matthew Richardson has broken his own 200m flying start record 24 hours after setting it.
As part of British Cycling’s world record assault at the Konya Velodrome, Turkey, Richardson set a new world record yesterday of 8.941 seconds becoming the first athlete to go under 9 seconds.
Convinced he had more in the tank, the track cyclist took another attempt today and set a new world record of 8.857 seconds.
Richardson said: “I knew there was more time on the table after yesterday's ‘out of sprint lane’ ride, so I knew if I came in with good execution and rode as close to the black as possible I’d go quicker and that’s what happened.
“I knew there was more in the tank yesterday, so I was obviously really stoked about yesterday but I was hungry for more.”
He added that the record is now “out of my control”.
Richardson briefly broke the 200m flying start record at last year’s Paris Olympic Games before Dutchman Harrie Lavreyesen broke it minutes later with a time of 9.088 seconds.
The Brit felt confident before his record attempts. He appeared to break Lavreyesen’s record earlier this year at the Nations Cup at Konya Velodrome, but the UCI did not ratify the effort because Richardson drifted below the track’s blue line.
Richardson used a custom Hope HB.T track bike for his world records. He worked with British Cycling’s lead project engineer Oliver Caddy to optimise the bike, which included a custom 3D-printed titanium handlebar and a fork produced by Hope.
Richardson was one of three British cyclists that travelled to Turkey to undertake world record attempts.
Yesterday saw Will Bjergfelt set a new C5 Hour Record of 51.471km. The 46-year-old beat Andrea Tarlao’s 2014 world record by over 3km and became the first para-cyclist to break the 50km barrier.
Speaking after his Hour Record ride, Bjergfelt said: ““[I feel] amazing, this is something I’ve worked for, for a long time. When we talked about world records at the start of the year it’s something I was very passionate about right from the get-go.”
Charlie Tanfield also attempted a Hour Record attempt yesterday, but with a distance of 53.967km he fell short of Filippo Ganna’s 2022 record of 56.791km.
