00:00At present, the three-kilometer individual pursuit world record is held by American Chloe
00:05Dygert with a time of 3 minutes, 15.663 seconds.
00:10The individual pursuit is a track cycling event where two cyclists begin the race from
00:14a stationary position on opposite sides of the track.
00:17They ride out on the pursuit line at the bottom of the track to find the fastest lane, with
00:22each rider trying to catch the other.
00:25Cyclist Tenille Campbell, known for her endurance, believes she can accomplish a new world record
00:30at the National Track Cycling Championships set for the 20th to the 23rd of this month.
00:36PSL club president Desmond Roberts says he did not expect her to chase that record.
00:42I was surprised when she called me and told me about it, that is what you like to achieve.
00:48I said, okay, leave it with me, I'll start putting things in place.
00:53Your job is to focus on achieving your goals, to make sure you go after that world record
01:00and hopefully you break the world record, which is a good milestone because she would
01:05love to do it on her own.
01:07So what is required for her to achieve the world record?
01:10A lot of things have to be put in place.
01:13One financially, she will have to get some financial support for FAA who is paying to
01:19train her and return, special type uniforms that she will have to get, but she will have
01:26to do some wind tunnel tests with those uniforms, closing down the gate at the cycling centre
01:32so there is no draft onto the track while she is doing that individual pursuit.
01:39At present, Campbell is in Spain working on her speed and is hoping to leave on the 12th
01:44for the competition.
01:45She is requesting financial support totalling $50,000 to make it happen before the competition.
01:52After missing out on the 2024 Olympics, the hunger is there for Campbell to make the mark.
01:58Her coach says she has the endurance to do it and she will be zoned in to the point that
02:03she has requested limited attention in training to concentrate for the tournament.
02:07I would like her to be focused on her training to go after what she wants to achieve and
02:14don't be interrupted during that time of her training because she is very concerned
02:20about that.
02:21So that is something that allows the public to give her space to do her workout.
02:28I may request that when she is doing her training that there is not much people in the cycling
02:33centre to create any distraction because this is something that we want to achieve.
02:41At present, Campbell is the national record holder in the women's individual pursuit with
02:45a time of 3 minutes 55.449 seconds set back in 2017.
02:51It's just over 40 seconds from the world record.
02:55She has improved since then, even capturing silver at the Elite Pan American Track Cycling
03:00Championships in 2022 and is requesting a massive turnout to cheer her on towards getting
03:06the record during the tournament.
03:08She will be aiming to qualify for the Pan American competition and the national championships
03:13as well but first setting the world record is the premium goal for TNT's A-class Tour
03:18de France cyclist.
03:20Sergio Dufour, TV6 Sport.
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