How can you break a record if you don’t know what the benchmark is? That’s the question that sparked a social media investigation this week, after Katie Archibald and Sophie Lewis were declared the new world record holders in the Madison Kilo at the London 3 Day, a fact that now appears to be untrue.
The Madison Kilo, or 1km Madison Time Trial, involves two riders completing a timed kilometre around the track. They’re allowed a few laps to get up to speed, before starting the four-lap effort with a Madison handsling, propelling one rider to attack two laps and then handsling in the other for the remaining two.
