Finn Fisher-Black smashes Junior World and New Zealand records

Finn Fisher-Black. CREDIT: Cycling New Zealand.

Both the Junior World and New Zealand records for the Individual Pursuit were broken by St
Peter’s, Cambridge cyclist Finn Fisher-Black at the Vantage Elite and U19 Track National
Championships.

New Zealand now holds both Junior Individual Pursuit world records, as former St Peter’s,
Cambridge student Ellesse Andrews set the women’s record at the World Championships in 2017.
The 17-year-old student set the New Zealand record of 3:08.815 in the 3000m Individual Pursuit on
Saturday, 9 th February. This race, however, he could not be considered for the official world record
without a UCI official in place.

But that didn’t matter for Finn as he set an official world record in the final – clocking 3:09.710 to win
gold.

On top of his records, Finn also placed third in the Open Men’s 40km Madison with riding partner
George Jackson and 5 th in the U19 Men’s Scratch Race.

This success follows his recent accomplishment of being named Secondary School Sportsman of
the Year at the 2018 Brian Perry Waikato Regional Sports Awards.

Finn is already a junior world champion in the Team Pursuit having won gold at Junior World Track
Cycling Championships in Switzerland in 2018.

He is part of the Grassroots Trust Waikato/Bay of Plenty Performance Hub in addition to road
riding with the Skoda Fruzio Team.
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Another St Peter’s student, Reuben Webster, had an exceptional ride in the 1km Time Trial, placing
2nd and clocking a new personal best time of 1:04:023.

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