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World Human Powered speed challenge live from Battle Mountain
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Live Tuesday night update from the World Human Powered Speed Challenge in Battle Mountain, Nevada. Noted Dutch photographer Bas de Meijer is our correspondent on the scene and he takes us to the Civic Center staging area to see race vehicles Eta Prime and Velox both of which had crashes. We meet University of Toronto's rider Calvin Moes and the University of Liverpool team working hard to prepare their vehicle.
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Wednesday morning update from the World Human Powered Speed Challenge in Battle Mountain, Nevada. Bas de Meijer is our man on the scene and he brings us live video from the track. We have a short interview with rider Matthias Konig who is piloting the Dutch Velox XS. Hand cycle rider Karen Darke from the UK achieved a record run of 41.86 mph this morning and we chat with her as well. We have a short word with Lead Official Alan Krause before finally getting to see Larry Lem finish his run and get caught by his team. As they pull the hood from the vehicle you can see his exhaustion and exhilaration as he extracts himself from the Wahoo.
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Battle Mountain, Nevada hosts the World Human Powered Speed Challenge again this year. This morning we are at the race starting station. We see the teams preparing urgently to be ready to go within their allotted 4 minute window. We say hi to Karen Darke, Jennifer Breet and have a word with Ellen Van Fugt. We have a look at what the starting process looks like with Matthias Konig in the Velox XS, Fabian Canal in the French Altair 6, Larry Lem in his Wahoo and Karen Darke fresh from her world record handcycle run yesterday. Finally, our on scene reporter Bas de Meijer takes us on a ride down the course in the sweep car giving us a look at what the riders see during their rides.
With winds finally dying down legal runs down the course were available to all riders. We chat with the French team's catchers, and a police officer assigned to the event. Then we watch Altair6 nearly missing the catch, Ellen van Fugt finish her run and speak to Greg Cantori pulling in after a great heat in his Milan velomobile.
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