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Korey Boddington won the C4 kilometre time trial at the UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships, ending Jody Cundy’s 20-year unbeaten run in the event. Cundy, 48, took silver, 2.2 seconds behind the Australian, and still holds the C4 world record.
Australia’s Korey Boddington ended Britain’s Jody Cundy’s 20-year unbeaten run in the C4 kilometre time trial on Thursday, winning the title at the UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in Apeldoorn, the Netherlands. Boddington clocked 1:02.672, finishing 2.2 seconds ahead of Cundy, who took silver after winning 16 consecutive world titles in the event.
Cundy, now 48, won his first kilometre world title in 2006. Across the years since, he remained unbeaten at the championships in the event, earning 16 consecutive gold medals. There were no World Championships in 2008, 2010, 2013 or 2021, so the run extended over two decades rather than representing a title race every calendar year.
Boddington, who is 17 years younger than Cundy and the reigning Paralympic champion in the event, had already qualified fastest. Cundy was second in qualifying, 1.7 seconds behind the Australian. In the final, Boddington maintained his pace while Cundy was half a second slower than his qualifying effort. Cundy nevertheless secured silver by just eight hundredths of a second over the next rider.
After the race, Cundy acknowledged the end of his run in an Instagram post, praising Boddington’s ride and calling him a deserved champion. The result changes the event’s world champion but does not remove Cundy’s name from the record books: he still holds the C4 world record of 1:01.466, set in Aguascalientes, Mexico, in 2014.
A New Champion in the C4 Kilo
The result marks a handover in a discipline Cundy had dominated across 16 successive championship victories. For Boddington, the win adds the world title to his standing as Paralympic champion; for Cundy, it ends a remarkable run but leaves him with the event’s world record and a silver medal from this championship.
The race also illustrates the gap between an athlete’s career achievements and the outcome of a single final. Cundy had warned before the championships that younger competitors would make the streak difficult to maintain. Boddington’s victory is a concrete result, while broader conclusions about Cundy’s future or the balance of power in the classification cannot be drawn from this race alone.
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Two Decades of Kilo Titles
Cundy first won the kilometre world title in 2006, the same year he moved into cycling after a career in swimming. He competed at his first Paralympics in 1996 and won three swimming gold medals before changing sports. He now races in the C4 classification with a prosthetic leg; his right foot was amputated when he was three because of a birth deformity.
Before the championships, Cundy told the BBC that age and the strength of younger competitors would test his record. He is a six-time Paralympic cycling champion. The current championships in Apeldoorn continue until Sunday afternoon, but the supplied report does not identify any other results or events involving Cundy during the remainder of the meet.
““Well after 20 years, and 16 back to back titles in the 1km time trial, finally somebody has beaten me to the rainbow jersey.””
— Jody Cundy, in an Instagram post
Cundy’s Next Racing Plans
The result establishes that Cundy’s run of world titles in the kilometre has ended, but the available report does not say whether he plans to return for another championship or how long he intends to continue racing. It also gives no further detail about his programme for the rest of the current championships. His world-record status remains unchanged based on the information provided, but no record attempt or change to the record was reported.
Championships Continue Through Sunday
The UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships are scheduled to continue in Apeldoorn until Sunday afternoon. Further results from the meet may clarify what events remain for Cundy, but the supplied report does not specify his next race. Any decision about a future attempt to regain the kilo title remains unannounced in the available information.
Key Questions
Who won the C4 kilometre time trial?
Korey Boddington of Australia won with a time of 1:02.672 at the UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships.
How did Jody Cundy’s title streak end?
Cundy finished 2.2 seconds behind Boddington and took silver. The loss ended his run of 16 consecutive world titles in the event, which began with his first title in 2006.
Does Cundy still hold the C4 world record?
Yes. The report says Cundy still holds the C4 world record of 1:01.466, set in Aguascalientes, Mexico, in 2014.
How old are Cundy and Boddington?
Cundy is 48. Boddington is 17 years younger, according to the report.
When do the championships end?
The UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in Apeldoorn are scheduled to run until Sunday afternoon.
Source: cyclingweekly.com
