As the Commonwealth Games’ greatest cyclists flew around Wolverhampton on their £10,000 superbikes, the scent of glory in their nostrils, a 48-year-old doorkeeper at the Houses of Parliament was doing his best to keep up – and, in his own small way, to create a legacy of his own.
While gold in the men’s time trial was won by Australia’s Rohan Dennis in 46min 21.24sec – with England’s Fred Wright and Wales’s Geraint Thomas taking silver and bronze respectively – Ghana’s Chris Symonds could take considerable pride in his performance, despite finishing 16 minutes back.
