Cundy 'no spring chicken' but nears 20-year unbeaten run
Summary
Jody Cundy has not lost the men’s para-cycling kilo at the Track World Championships since 2006. The 48-year-old is seeking a 20th consecutive world title at this year’s championships in Apeldoorn, where he faces younger rivals including British teammate Archie Atkinson.Key Facts
- The kilo is a one-kilometre track cycling time trial ridden from a standing start.
- Cundy won his first para-cycling world title in 2006 and has remained unbeaten in the event at the World Championships.
- Cundy has won six Paralympic cycling titles, including the kilo at the 2008 and 2016 Games.
- Atkinson, 22, beat Cundy at last year’s National Track Championships, but Cundy beat him at the World Championships later that year.
- Cundy says qualifying for the 2028 Paralympic Games in Los Angeles will be difficult.
- Cundy has spent 31 years in elite sport and says he may later work in coaching, management or cycling governance.
- Cundy and Atkinson are part of a 24-rider Great Britain squad for the championships in Apeldoorn. The article says it is the squad’s first UCI track event since the previous World Championships in Brazil.
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