Matt Richardson left Australia to compete for England after winning three Olympic medals The track star says he has much better resources with his new national team Matt Richardson may have become public enemy number one in Australian cycling when he decamped to ride for the country of his birth – but the Commonwealth’s fastest man on two wheels reckons it’s all had “zero effect” on him. And if the flyer now in Team England colours thinks there’s any lingering animosity towards him, having won two titles in the green-and-gold at the last Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, he promises to just use it as “fuel” for more success. Continue reading...
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July 23, 2026 at 6:35 AM
Cyclist who switched countries targeted after comparing Australia to ‘high school’ and England to ‘Hogwarts’
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