Britain's Richardson breaks his own 200m flying start world record

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2025-08-15

London (PA Media/dpa) - Britain's Matt Richardson has broken his own world record in the men's flying 200m start a day after becoming the first man to break the nine-second mark. The fastest man on two wheels returned to the boards of the Konya Velodrome in Turkey on Friday and clocked a time of 8.857 seconds - at an average speed of 81.291 kilometres per hour. Richardson, who switched allegiance to Britain from Australia after last year's Olympi......

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