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Wheelchair champion and ex-soldier join quest for handcycle record attempt

A former winner of the London Marathon and an ex-serviceman injured while on active service are teaming up with Plymouth University for a world record attempt.

Women’s wheelchair marathon champion Sarah Piercy and Chris Jones, a former Army Air Corps trooper and Help for Heroes ambassador, will aim to set land speed records at the World Human Powered Speed Challenge (WHPSC) in Battle...

Record attempt handcycle undergoes first outdoor tests

A vehicle designed to enter the record books later this year has been tested for the first time under the watchful eye of experts from Plymouth University.

Mechanical and composites engineers and students have been developing a Human Powered Vehicle (HPV), which they hope will set a new arm-powered speed record in the Nevada desert in September.

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