LONDON (Reuters) - British ultra-cyclist James MacDonald's attempt to set a new 24-hour distance record in a velodrome ended in heartbreak on Sunday when a crash scuppered his hopes of travelling the 941.873km required to beat Austrian Christoph Strasser's mark.
The 48-year-old was on track to break the record but after eight hours he crashed when he skidded on water he had dropped.
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