CYCLING.
(Australian & N.Z. Cable Association.) CYCLE RIDE RECORD. MELBOURNE, Oct. 6. In an attempt to lower tlie existing record for twenty-four hours cycling from Mount Gambier to Melbourne, a distance of 416 miles, Hubert Oppermnn succeeded in breaking three world’s records by covering the 416 miles in 25 hours. He broke the existing world's ■ professional unpaced record, and established an Australian and New Zealand record. He also broke the Australian and -New Zealand amateur record, and also surpassed the world’s amateur record. Apart from the twenty-four hour records, Opperman also established Australian and New Zealand and world’s professional un paced records for twelve hours.
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Hokitika Guardian, 7 October 1927, Page 4
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104CYCLING. Hokitika Guardian, 7 October 1927, Page 4
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