# Cundy’s 20-year reign as world champion ends

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/cundys-20-year-reign-as-world-champion-ends/
- Published: 2026-10-29T20:27:23+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-29T21:26:36+00:00
- Original publisher: BBC Sport (publisher lean: Centre)
- Original article: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/articles/cxj0lv0vzv7do?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
- Topics: Sport

## Key points

- Korey Boddington ended Jody Cundy’s C4 kilo world title run.
- Cundy took silver after a 20-year reign.
- British riders won one gold, one silver and two bronzes elsewhere.

## Summary

Australia’s Korey Boddington ended Great Britain’s Jody Cundy’s 20-year run as world champion in the C4 kilometre time trial, beating him at the para-cycling track world championships in the Netherlands. Cundy, 48, took silver, bringing an end to a title streak that began in 2006 and underlining the challenge of sustaining success as younger competitors emerge.

Cundy completed the kilometre in 1 minute 4.93 seconds; Boddington was 2.25 seconds faster on the final run. Cundy had retained the title at 15 world championships and was seeking his 17th in the discipline; he has won 23 track cycling world titles overall and is a nine-time Paralympic champion, including three swimming medals. On the opening day, Rebecca Newark won the women’s C5 kilo, Sophie Unwin and pilot Jenny Holl took silver in the women’s B kilo, Elizabeth Jordan and pilot Anna Whitworth Hay won bronze in that event, and Finlay Graham claimed bronze in the men’s C3 sprint.

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