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Aussie 'mongrel' pipped for gold by flying Brit - CtrlF.XYZ

Aussie 'mongrel' pipped for gold by flying Brit

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Tasmanian teen Hamish McKenzie has been pipped for golden successful agonising manner successful the UCI Road World Championships inferior men's clip proceedings successful Wollongong connected Tuesday.

The 4th rider out, McKenzie blitzed the 28.8km people with a 35:18.45 thrust astatine an mean of 48.941 km/h.

Much similar compatriot Grace Brown connected Sunday, McKenzie past had to beryllium and hold for astir 3 hours to spot if anyone could amended his time.

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No-one could until Joshua Tarling of Great Britain, the past rider out, who scorched astir the people to bushed McKenzie by 19.19s.

Australia present has two metallic medals astatine the satellite champs and a men's prima connected the rise.

One of McKenzie's coaches, Henk Vogels, said the young Tasmanian had a ruthless cognition to his riding.

"It's astir apt wherefore I similar Hamish truthful much, due to the fact that he's got truthful overmuch mongrel successful him,' Vogels told Stan Sport.

"And that's a bully term, that's not a atrocious term. You truly request to beryllium a strong, assertive rider and that's what helium is.

"You saw successful his powerfulness numbers, he's got the physiology to backmost it up.

"(Former pro) Matthew Gilmore's done a fantastic occupation bringing him up for these satellite championships.

"Everything's been revolved astir his clip proceedings today.

"They've been doing circumstantial enactment for months for this, they cognize this people backmost to front."

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