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US National Team member Taylor Phinney shattered the American national record in the men’s 4,000m individual pursuit on Friday at the UCI Track World Cup in Denmark.  Phinney, clocked a time of 4:15.223 in the qualifying round, surpassing the previous mark of 4:19.800 set by Mariano Friedick in 1996.

Entering Friday’s competition, Phinney’s personal best was a mark of 4:22.358, recorded at the 2008 UCI Track World Championships in Manchester, Great Britain, last March.

In Friday’s evening session, Phinney turned in a time of 4:19.119 in the finals to beat Ireland’s David O’Loughlin and register his first World Cup victory this season.

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