Cycling-Indomitable one-limbed Spaniard wins third track world, next target Paris

Cycling - UCI World Championships 2023 - Emirates Arena, Glasgow, Scotland, Britain - August 7, 2023 Spain's Ricardo Ten Argiles in action during the men's C1 scratch race REUTERS/Matthew Childs

GLASGOW (Reuters) - When Spain's Ricardo Ten Argiles was eight years old he touched a high-voltage power line and was electrocuted, suffering injuries so horrific that he had to have both his arms and one leg amputated.

On Monday, at the age of 47, he won his third para track cycling world title, obliterating the rest of the field in the C1 scratch race, averaging 44kph over 60 circuits of the Chris Hoy Velodrome in Glasgow.