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On 11 July 2017, 24-year-old Amanda Coker set a new "Fastest completion of 100,000 miles by bicycle record, doing so in 423 days. Coker's record improved by 77 days on Tommy Godwin's prior record of 500 days set in May 1940. The record was certified by the Guinness Book of Records and the Ultra Marathon Cycling Association (now the WUCA).
World records in the sport of track cycling are ratified by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI). Item 3.5.001 of the UCI regulations defines the events in which world records are recognized. Item 3.5.001 of the UCI regulations defines the events in which world records are recognized.
With the increasing gap between modern bicycles and what was available at the time of Merckx's record, the UCI established two records in 1997: UCI Hour Record: which restricted competitors to roughly the same equipment as Merckx, banning time trial helmets, disc or tri-spoke wheels, aerodynamic bars and monocoque frames.
Record Athlete Nationality Date Meet Place Ref Flying 200 m time trial: 10.364 Emma Hinze Germany 27 February 2020 2020 World Championships: Berlin, Germany [6] 500 m time trial: 32.959 Anastasia Voynova Russia 4 March 2016 2016 World Championships: London, United Kingdom [7] Team sprint: 32.034 Gong Jinjie Zhong Tianshi China 18 February 2015
Record Athlete Nationality Date Meet Place Ref Flying 200 m time trial: 9.738 Stefan Ritter Canada 7 October 2016 Pan American Championships: Aguascalientes, Mexico [1] Flying 500 m time trial: 26.969 Alexander Khromykh Soviet Union 9 August 1990 Moscow, Soviet Union 1 km time trial: 59.875 Tayte Ryan Australia 25 August 2024 World Junior ...
The original records were on the track: unpaced, human-paced and mechanically paced. They were promoted for three classes of bicycle: solos, tandems and unusual machines such as what are now known as recumbents, on which the rider lies horizontal. Distances were imperial and metric, from 440 yards and 500 metres to 24 hours. [4]
The record hour average speeds for these machines – 90 km/h (56 mph) for men and 84 km/h (52 mph) for women – are faster than a UCI rider could perform even in a short 200-meter sprint for 10 seconds, 72 km/h (45 mph), demonstrating their higher level of efficiency and speed.
Record Athlete Nationality Date Meet Place Ref Flying 200 m time trial (progression) ♦10.029 Lea Friedrich Germany 9 August 2024 2024 Olympic Games: Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France [7] 500 m time trial (progression) 33.952 Anna Meares Australia: 20 August 2004 2004 Olympic Games: Athens, Greece [8] Team sprint (500 m) (progression) ♦31. ...