Sorry Jamie, but your 200m title has gone

Filed under: General — Tags: , — Alex Skelton @ 4:43 pm

We were very impressed when Jamie Staff broke Chris Hoy’s record for 200m on the Wattbike, and thought that it would last a while. Apparently we were wrong.

Last week in Holland some of the Dutch rowers took on a few pro cyclists. Over 2oom Jan-Willem Gabriels, Silver medallist in the Dutch 8 in Athens and 8th in the coxless four in Beijing produced an incredible 8.84 seconds.

Jan-Willem Gabriels 200m score

Jan-Willem Gabriels 200m score

Sorry Sir Chris, but Jamie has taken your record

Filed under: General — Tags: , , — Alex Skelton @ 1:35 pm

I was not in London for the Skyride, but my phone was buzzing all day – apparently the 9.30 seconds for a 200m that Sir Chis Hoy produced at the Glasgow round of the Skyride was not unbeatable. Infact Jason Kenny got close with a 9.31s, but Jamie Staff introduced a whole new level of power, with a max power in the 200m sprint of 2080Watts and a time of 8.96 seconds!

WOW