00:00In 2019, national cyclist Nicholas Paul set a flying 200-meter world record of 9.100 seconds at the elite
00:08Pan-American Track Cycling Championships in Bolivia.
00:11He held on to that record for six years before Great Britain's Matthew Richardson broke that time in 2025 with
00:18a blistering record of 8.857 seconds in Turkey.
00:22Are you upset that your world record was taken from you?
00:25Not really. I think records are made to be broken, and I think it's something that I can look forward
00:30to again, trying to get back my world record.
00:32So it's something that I really want to do, so I'm working really hard to get it back.
00:36Brian Lara did it. Does that motivate you?
00:39Yeah, it motivates me a lot.
00:41While Paul still wants to get an Olympic medal, he's not necessarily after chasing the title of the best cyclist
00:47the country has ever seen.
00:48For me, I never look forward to any accolades like that.
00:51I just want to be able to go out there and rev the red, white, and black, and put Trinidad
00:55and Tobago on the map.
00:56So it's not really about the accolades, but about achieving and to show the younger generation that there's much more
01:02to reach for.
01:03So that's my goal in life and in cycling.
01:06He's been in quite a few races that had you on the edge of your seat.
01:10Is it just as nail-biting for him on the saddle?
01:13Not really. I think I'm prepared enough when I go to races that I'm ready.
01:20So no matter what is put before me, I go out and just try to conquer it or, if not,
01:26try to find a way to work around the situation.
01:29So I don't think I'm a lot nervous, but I think sometimes, yes, they will have a bit of nerves
01:34in there, but not really.
01:35This is good strategy from the youngster, but it's the pace of Nicholas Paul that is the worry, and so
01:42said, so done.
01:43This race is over, folks. There's no way he's going to catch up to Nicholas Paul.
01:50Once he's off, he's almost impossible to catch, but it's not the only tactic he uses to win.
01:56For me, I think it is about reading the situation and what it needs at that point in time.
02:01So it's not about what I like, but what the race calls for, I try to be prepared for.
02:07And how far does the rivalry in cycling go?
02:10Well, Paul indicated it's not a sport that facilitates a war of words.
02:15Nah, nah. I think with track cycling, it's just bare mind games.
02:19I think it's just like trying to see what the opponent is thinking, how they're feeling, but with no words.
02:25Paul on his day has beaten the best in the world,
02:28and only he holds the answer as to whether or not another world record is possible.
02:34With track cycling, there's never an easy moment.
02:37Racing is hard, training is hard.
02:39So I think the only easy time is when you rest.
02:41So, yeah, it's always hard.
02:43Sergio Dufour, TV6 Sport.
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