PARALYMPIC WORLD CUP
Venue: Manchester Dates: 20-25 May Coverage: Listen on BBC 5 Live Sports Extra 1415-1615 BST on Friday; Watch live swimming plus highlights from elsewhere on BBC Two, 1500-1715 BST, Monday 25 May; Daily reports on the BBC Sport website By Elizabeth Hudson
BBC Sport in Manchester |
  Cundy previously won gold in the team sprint at 2008's Paralympics |
Jody Cundy became the fastest solo Paralympian of all time as Great Britain's cyclists showed their class at the BT Paralympic World Cup. Cundy became the first man to go under the 11-second mark as he set a new world record in the flying 200m time trial of 10.998 seconds in Manchester. He then joined Darren Kenny and Mark Bristow to win gold in the team sprint. "I had set a target of breaking 11 seconds, which is a good benchmark for able-bodied riders," said Cundy. Cundy, a lower leg amputee who rides in the LC2 category, smashed his previous record of 11.456 seconds set in Manchester in 2007. His time also saw him eclipse the 11.410 second mark of Germany's Mario Hammar, who rides in the LC1 category for less disabled riders, and sees the former swimmer become the fastest para-cyclist of all time, not including tandems. "To break the record here and take as much time off as I have is good and to do it in front of a home track makes it even more special," he admitted. "In the team sprint we knew we would be there or thereabouts but we tried a couple of things in the final which maybe didn't work too well, even though we won.  | 606: DEBATE BBC Sport's Elizabeth Hudson |
"But we've all had some good racing practice in this event and it is nice to get back into action." There were also victories for the tandem pairings of Aileen McGlynn and Vicky Begg and Simon Jackson and Barney Storey. McGlynn and Begg were pushed all the way in the women's 3km pursuit by Ireland's Catherine Walsh and Caroline Ryan before winning by 0.074 of a second in a time of 3:44.355. "I didn't expect it to be so close but it made it more exciting for everyone to watch," said McGlynn, who was in her first competitive event with fellow Scot Begg, a former triathlete. "I could hear the tannoy announcer saying how close it was so it was just heads down for the last few laps. We wanted to do a sub 3:45 time so I am pleased with our time." Jackson and Storey added the sprint title to the kilo crown they won on Thursday by beating fellow Britons Neil Fachie and Dave Readle.  Cundy set a new world record in the flying 200m time trial |
Former Paralympic judo champion Jackson said: "It's been a fantastic two days. We got pushed really hard and it was good healthy competition for us. "It's good to have that rivalry. Neil and Dave qualified late and pulled it out of the bag and we had to work but that is what it is all about. "I'm lucky to have Barney piloting me. He can find gaps to get through that nobody else could get through and knows everything about the sport." Sarah Storey claimed her second victory of the competition taking the LC1/LC2/CP4 3km pursuit - an event she won gold at in Beijing The 30-year-old, competing on her home track, clocked a time of 3:46.403 to beat American Greta Neimanas by 10 seconds. "I think my performance in the 500m time trial yesterday was better than this one. My overall time was 10 seconds slower than Beijing, which was disappointing," she said. "But I started off quicker than I did in Beijing and rode the first kilometre quicker and I just have to put the pieces back together for the following two kilometres. "All of the other riders are improving all of the time so although I have a cushion over the rest of them, I can't be complacent." Elsewhere, the Great Britain men's and women's wheelchair basketball teams will both be involved in the bronze medal play-offs on Saturday after they suffered semi-final defeats. The men lost 48-35 to World and Paralympic champions Australia with Dan Highcock top-scoring for them with 13 points and will face Germany while the women lost 54-34 to the Netherlands and will play China.
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