Matthew Richardson, the cyclist who rode away from Australia's clutches to compete for Great Britain, has smashed the world 200-metre track speed record for the second time in 24 hours.
Back at the high-altitude Konya Velodrome in Turkey where he had set a new record over 200m from a flying start on Thursday, becoming the first man ever to break the nine-seconds barrier, Richardson was convinced he could go quicker over a lap a day later.
And the English-born, Perth-raised flyer, who annexed three medals in the green-and-gold of Australia on the track in Paris this time last year, was as good as his word as he reduced his new landmark from 8.941 seconds to 8.857 to cement his position as the "fastest man on two wheels".
