![]() “Those three medals have certainly had a bigger impact in the media at home, though.” “The kilometre and 200 metres records were very important but this was the first time that a rider has won the three individual events at the track Worlds,” he said. Pervis was in little mood to hand out gifts himself in Cali last week, where he won every round en route to his historic three-medal haul at the Worlds. ![]() "Every sprint is a war over there, but then that helps you progress too…” ![]() “The Japanese don’t hand out any gifts either," he said with more than a hint of relish. Indeed, so taken was Pervis with the experience that he returned again for five months last year and this April the Château Gontier native will head out for his fourth lengthy tour of duty on the concrete tracks of Japan. I gained a lot of power from racing in Japan. On top of that, the bikes aren’t rigid, you’re racing on steel frames, so physically it’s very hard. ![]() The tracks are made of concrete and outdoors, and you race even if it’s raining. They’re much longer and that’s tough mentally. “Japan did me a lot of good, I had to train all by myself,” Pervis said. ![]()
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