- Title: MEXICO: JEANNIE LONGO BREAKS WOMEN'S WORLD ONE-HOUR CYCLING RECORD
- Date: 26th October 1996
- Summary: MEXICO CITY, MEXICO (OCTOBER 26, 1996) (RTV - ACCESS ALL) 1. FRENCH CYCLIST JEANNIE LONGO WARMING UP 2. MEDIA 3. OFFICIALS 4. LONGO CYCLING/ CROWD APPLAUDING 5. LONGO FINISHES 6. OFFICIALS 7. LONGO SAYING DAYS BEFORE I WAS REALLY NERVOUS... OF COURSE THE PHYSICAL EXERCISE IS DIFFICULT BUT I THINK THE MENTAL (EXERCISE) IS HARDEST... MY SEASON IS OVER SO I SHALL TRY A RECORD IN GENEVA (IN SWIZERLAND) IN TWO DAYS OR THREE DAYS ON TUESDAY NIGHT (OCTOBER 29) WITH THE BEST RACERS OF THE CENTURY... I SHALL BE THERE AND I SHALL TRY RECORDS THEN... IN GRENOBLE (FRANCE) ON THE THIRD OF NOVEMBER I SHALL TRY A RECORD ON THE 5 KILOMETRES (ENGLISH) Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved.
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- Location: MEXICO CITY, MEXICO
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- Country: Mexico LATIN AMERICA
- Reuters ID: LVAAMZPGFWZJ1DB9RWPGMO4FR9GE
- Story Text: French cyclist Jeannie Longo shattered the women's world one-hour cycling record on Saturday, covering a distance of 48.159 km.
She easily beat the previous record of 47.411 km set by Briton Yvonne McGregor in Manchester in England on June 17, 1995.
Longo covered more than 144 laps in one hour to break the record. She was on her 145th lap when the hour bell rang.
Longo said the mental exercise was harder than the physical.
She said she would be trying to achieve a record in Switzerland and France soon.
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