In Konya in Türkiye the British fails the attempt: 53.967 km against 56.972 of the blue Olympian. His compatriot Richardson marks: 8 “941 on 200 meters launched, average 80.527 km/h
Ganna’s record resists
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The record of the hour is always by Filippo Ganna, and the performance created today by the British Tanfield shows how strong the Piedmontese has gone, the true phenomenon of the track. On the brand new Velodrome of Konya in Turkey, at 1200 meters above sea level, the British Charlie Tanfield stopped at 53.967 km in 60 ‘, far from 56.972 marked by the blue Olympian on October 8, 2022 on the Grenchen track in Switzerland. Tanfield, 28 years old, is one of the best interpreters of the team challenging quartet: 2018 and European gold 2024 gold, Olympic silver in Paris 2024, but has always been above Ganna’s table. He never managed to exceed the average of the 55 times: at Km 35 he touched 54.868 km/h, then he started to drop.
Richardson takes the 200 meters
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In the same session, his compatriot Matthew Richardson became the fastest man in the world: on the 200 meters launched, he marked the time of 8 “941, at the incredible average of 80.527 km/h. The previous record was from the Dutch Harrie Lavreysen in 9” 088.