Australia's Kieran Modra and his pilot partner Tyson Lawrence broke their own world record by almost one second to take gold in the Men's B&VI Individual Pursuit held in Laoshan Velodrome on Sunday, September 7.
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Kieran Modra and Tyson Lawence (R)compete. [Xinhua Photo]
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The Australian pair had set the earlier mark only hours before and were determined to go faster. So when they overtook their Spanish opponents Christian Venge and David Llauredo with a kilometer left in the race – for the win – they continued racing and accelerated to the new world mark 0.8 seconds ahead of their previous best.
Venge and Llauredo took silver.
Modra's victory gave Australia first and third in the class with teammates Bryce Lindores and his pilot Steven George charging home in the race for the bronze, beating out the Canadian duo Daniel Chalfour and Alexandre Cloutier by 1.5 seconds.