Bryony Botha in action at the Oceania track cycling championships. Photo: Mat Gilfedder / Oceania Cycling Confederation
New Zealander Bryony Botha has lowered a world record - twice - at the Oceania track cycling championships in Brisbane.
Botha achieved the feat in the 4000m individual pursuit, taking advantage of women's pursuiters racing over the longer distance for the first time this year, having moved up from 3000m to match the same distance as the men.
The Paris Olympic medallist was the fastest qualifier early on day two of the championships, clocking 4 minutes 31:446 seconds, to head off team-mate Emily Shearman (4:32.588) and Australian Maeve Plouffe (4:35.633).
Botha lowered her new mark to 4:30.72 when beating Shearman in the final at at the Anna Meares Velodrome.
The New Zealand team has applied for official ratification of the world record time for Botha, who won silver in the team pursuit at Paris and claimed gold in the 3000m individual pursuit at the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games.
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Elsewhere, Paris Olympic double gold medallist, Ellesse Andrews was fastest in qualifying in the individual sprint in a sharp time of 10.560 seconds and went on to claim the title. Team-mate Shaane Fulton was third.
New Zealand's other elite win went to Tom Sexton in the men's 4000m individual pursuit, beating Olympic team-mate Keegan Hornblow in the final after topping qualifying in 4:09.126.
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