A Paris champion who has overcome a couple of near-death experiences will push through to two marquee events, including one in Brisbane.
He plans to continue through to 2030, when his hometown Brisbane will host the UCI Track Cycling World Championships.
Boddington has since relocated from the Sunshine Coast to Brisbane to up his training, which proved a triumphant move in Paris.“Even now, I’ve got a bad short-term memory. It’s a good thing, in a way, because even if I have an argument with someone you could come back to me in 15 minutes and I won’t remember that.”Just 18 months after beginning his cycling career, Boddington emerged as the C4-5 class men’s time trial victor in Paris, achieving a world record time of 1:01.
Boddington is now the man to beat, a reputation he intends to keep beyond the 2028 Los Angeles Games.Now 29, he aims to push through to the 2030 Union Cycliste Internationale Track Cycling World Championships, which this week announced Brisbane as the host city. “I made sure I was there until every kid’s poster had been signed. If someone hadn’t signed mine, I would’ve been bummed, so I didn’t want to be that guy.”
But the cycling champion feels grassroots talent identification and participation avenues need to improve, arguing that “if I’d never stepped forward, they never would have found me”.
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