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  "id": 14922781,
  "title": "Jonathan Milan smashes individual pursuit world record at Track World Championships",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/jonathan-milan-smashes-individual-pursuit-world-record-at-track-world",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-16T07:41:07.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Cycling Weekly",
    "slug": "cycling-weekly",
    "url": "https://www.cyclingweekly.com/racing/jonathan-milan-smashes-individual-pursuit-world-record-at-track-world-championships"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Italian cyclist Jonathan Milan shattered his own world record in the individual pursuit at the UCI Track World Championships in Shanghai, China. The 26-year-old clocked a time of 3:58.850 during qualifying, becoming the first rider to clock under 3:59. Milan's previous record, set two years ago at the Track Worlds in Denmark, was 3:59.153. The velodrome in Shanghai sits at sea level, so Milan did not benefit from the lower air density found at higher altitudes. The Italian, a two-time Tour de France stage winner riding for Lidl-Trek, will face Denmark's Frederik Madsen in the gold medal final later on Friday. Madsen qualified with a time of 3:59.979, becoming only the fifth rider to break the four-minute mark. Milan's feat comes just two years after Great Britain's Josh Charlton set the world record at 3:59.304 at the 2024 Track Worlds, though that record was surpassed by Milan himself during the finals.",
  "summary": "Italian takes three tenths of a second off own benchmark to become first rider to go sub-3:59",
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