Move over Enid Blyton, West Australian cyclist Conor Leahy has delivered his own version of the famous five.
Leahy stretched his hold on the elite men's individual pursuit national championship to five consecutive years at the 2024 AusCycling Track National Championships in Brisbane on Saturday.
The 24-year-old was pushed all the way by Queensland's James Moriarty, who held an advantage of more than two seconds at the halfway mark of the 4000-metre event.
Leahy responded to calls by coach Rohan Wight to up the pace and began to slowly eat away at Moriarty's lead.
With two laps to go, the race was dead even, and as the bell sounded for the final lap the lead flipped to Leahy for the first time.
At the finish, the winning margin extended to 1.922 seconds, with the five-time champion finishing in a time of 4min 9.367sec to Moriarty's 4:11.289.
Leahy's WA teammate John Carter overcame Tasmanian Josh Duffy to claim bronze.
