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Cundy Loses World Title To Boddington

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Great Britain's Jody Cundy's 20-year reign as para cycling's C4 kilo time trial world champion ended at the Netherlands championships. The 48-year-old, a 2006 champion, finished second with a time of 1:04.93. Australian Korey Boddington claimed gold, beating Cundy by 2.25 seconds.

Before the event, Cundy acknowledged age was catching up, stating it would be hard to add to his 23 track world titles. A nine-time Paralympic champion with three swimming medals from 1996-2000, Cundy's dominance concluded. On day one, Rebecca Newark won gold in the women's C5 kilo.

Sophie Unwin and pilot Jenny Holl secured silver in the women's B kilo, while Elizabeth Jordan and Anna Whitworth Hay took bronze. Morgan Fice-Noyes and Christopher Latham earned silver in the men's 4km pursuit. Finlay Graham claimed bronze in the men's C3 sprint final.

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