Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games
The Commonwealth Games will get off to a rolling start on Friday 28th July. InForm TMX MAKE is proud to share that four of our riders will be participating in Cycling Track events throughout the games. Josh Duffy, Conor Leahy, Graeme Frisle and James Moriarty are in their final hours of preparation. Stay Tuned on 7 Plus and follow the below link for the weeks schedule.
A bit about each of the riders from the Australian Commonwealth Team Page:
JOSH DUFFY
“Joshua Duffy, from Launceston, Duffy enjoyed stellar national track championships in March winning the scratch race, time trial and the Madison with Conor Leahy. The pair teamed up to claim the Oceania Madison crown in April and were joined by Graeme Frislie and James Moriarty to not only win the continental team pursuit crown but the Nations Cup title in Canada in May. Duffy was born in Brisbane and grew up in Tasmania attending St Finn’s Barr Primary and St Patrick’s College in Launceston where his year 9 maths teacher was his father Mike. He took up track cycling in 2014 after he was spotted by the Tasmanian Institute of Sport identification program. As a 16-year-old, he shocked seasoned professionals to win the Devonport Wheel in 2016 and then two years later claimed the first
of two Launceston Wheels, fending off a last-lap challenge from Frislie, who he later shared a house with in Adelaide while at the Australian Track academy. Duffy rode the 2022 RoadNats series and finished second to Frislie in the national under-23 criterium race in January. He is coached by Brett Aitken who won gold in the team pursuit and points race at the Victoria 1994 Commonwealth Games.
GRAEME FRISLIE
Graeme Frislie cycled with his family but was inspired by the Tour de France to try his hand at racing. Growing up and attending school at Bacchus Marsh and Ballarat in regional Victoria, Frislie joined the Sebastopol Cycling Club in Ballarat and was soon winning local junior races. He moved to the Brunswick Cycling Club and credits his parents for driving him to Melbourne three-to-four times a week for training. He won silver in the omnium at the 2019 World Junior Championships before claiming the Australian under-23 criterium title in January just ahead of Australian teammate Josh Duffy. The pair were part of the quartet that won the Oceania and Nations Cup team pursuit titles this year. Frislie is coached in Adelaide by double Commonwealth Games gold medallist Brett Aitken.
CONOR LEAHY
Conor Leahy (cycling) stamped himself as a medal contender at his debut Commonwealth Games when he claimed his third consecutive national title in the individual pursuit in March defeating his childhood friend Oliver Bleddyn. In the process, he broke Jack Bobridge’s decade-old Australian record. Leahy then teamed up with Josh Duffy to win the Madison, a result the pair repeated at the Oceania Championships in March. The pair joined Graeme Frislie and James Moriarty to win the Oceania and Nations Cup team pursuit crowns. Leahy hails from Rockingham and attended Mandurah Catholic College. He joined the Peel District Cycling Club in 2014 and in 2017 won bronze in the individual pursuit at the Oceania Championships before defeating Lucas Plapp a year later in the final.
James Moriarty
James Moriarty is a key member of Australia’s team pursuit quartet that won the Oceania Championship in April and the Nations Cup title in May, James Moriarty is competing at his first Commonwealth Games. He took up cycling aged 8 when he dabbled in triathlons with his neighbours. He competed on the road for two years before his mother allowed him to compete in the velodrome. Moriarty hails from the Balmoral Cycling Club in Brisbane and attended the Citipointe Christian College in Carindale where his mother Georgie taught. He announced himself by winning the Queensland under-17 road race and criterium crowns in 2017 as well as claiming third in the road race. His first international meet was cut short when he broke his collarbone on the eve of the World Junior Championships in 2018 but competed in 2019 where he finished fifth in the points race and eighth in the Madison.”
It is extremely exciting to cheer on these talented riders, stay tuned for results.