Overview

• Richardson’s 8.941-second flying 200 m ride shaved 0.147 seconds off Harrie Lavreysen’s previous 9.088-second world record.
• He reached a peak speed of 80.5 km/h during the effort, aided by the high-altitude conditions in Konya.
• The Briton won two silver and one bronze at the Olympics for Australia before switching allegiance to his birth country of Great Britain.
• He became the first track cyclist ever to go under nine seconds and says he sees further gains after riding well outside the sprint line.
• His record caps a trend of falling sprint times in elite track cycling, following Luca Spiegel’s recent German mark of 9.479 seconds.