The individual pursuit may have been pulled from the Olympic Games but the track cycling competition over four kilometres is still contested at the UCI Track World Championships, National Championships, selected World Cup rounds and other international and national competitions.
And it's getting faster and faster with almost every competition.
Fastest 4000-metre individual pursuit times
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