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We will tell you about the men’s individual pursuit, which broke the world record twice in one day, during the preliminaries and finals.
The 2024 World Championship Track began on October 16th in Ballerup, Denmark.
The men’s individual pursuit held on the third day (18th) of the tournament was won by Jonathan Milan (Italy).
men’s individual pursuit
21 people participated in the men’s individual pursuit.
In addition to Shoichi Matsuda, who entered from Japan, there was Karl-Frederick Biebold of Denmark, who had the venue excited in the team pursuit the day before, Charlie Tanfield from Great Britain, who unfortunately finished in silver in the team pursuit, and last year’s silver medalist, Charlie Tanfield from Great Britain. All the strong players, including a certain Daniel Bigham, were there.
The top four participants in the qualifying round will advance to the medal match.
Qualifying start list PDF
Qualifying
The qualifying round was divided into home and back races. Matsuda started in the 9th group. Matsuda’s time was 4 minutes 19.908 seconds. His time was 18th overall and he did not qualify.
First place in qualifying was Josh Carlton (UK: 3 minutes 59.304 seconds) who broke the world record.
2nd place was Jonathan Millan (Italy: 4:00.296), 3rd place was Daniel Bigham (Great Britain: 4:01.671), and 4th place was Charlie Tanfield (Great Britain: 4:04.040). Ta.
final
The race was split with Charlton at home and Milan at the back. Milan took the lead from the beginning, and the cars continued to lap each other.
Milan took the lead in the early stages with a one-second lead, but Charlton gradually caught up. In the final stages, Charlton narrowed the gap by about a tenth of a second each lap, but in the end Milan was able to pull away and set a new world record finishing time of 3:59.153.
The podium was won by Milan, who broke the world record, with Charlton in second and Daniel Bigham in third.
[Japan time/October 16th ~]“2024 World Championship Track” tournament time schedule
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