Cycling land speed record broken in US

  • 20/09/2018
Denise Mueller-Korenek.
Denise Mueller-Korenek. Photo credit: Youtube/Project Speed

A woman in the United States has broken the world land speed record for cycling, hitting 296km/h across the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah.

Denise Mueller-Korenek smashed the 23-year previous record of 268km/h.

She was previously the fastest-ever female cyclist, but after topping the male record too there are calls for the records to be unified.

The former US national track, road and mountain biking champion released a video on her YouTube channel.

Mueller-Korenek was pulled along on a tow-rope until reaching a speed of 161km/h, before being released to pedal herself. 

She then rode in the slipstream of the dragster that towed her for 5.6 km, reaching the top speed over the last kilometre and a half.

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