Press & Media Coverage

The Times

‘Marginal gains are dead. We match British at a fraction of the cost’

Dutch team’s English sprint coach Mehdi Kordi on his weekly commute from Salford to Netherlands, where he is the only full-time member of staff

The Times

A £55,000 bike and £600 socks: Team GB’s track cycling secret

Mehdi Kordi talks about the arms race that goes on at the Olympics where each country tries to gain and keep the technological advantage.

Escape Collective

The debrief: Inside Jeff Hoogland’s new kilo World Record

“In the era of science-ing the hell out of it, this is the exception to the rule.”

The Times

The Dutch are experiencing unprecedented success with British Sprint coach

An English Sprint coach who started out at British Cycling has now led the Dutch to win the medals

Daily Mail

It's not personal but there can only be one winner'

Meet the ex-British Cycling and coach plotting to end Team GB's 'medal factory'

Daily Mail

Netherlands set a new world record to reclaim their Olympic title

Mehdi Kordi, who briefly worked for British Cycling, might have helped, but the Dutch poached him instead

The Times

Jeffrey Hoogland: ‘Hulk’ smashes 1km time-trial world record

Dutch rider clocks 55.433sec to smash the record set by Frenchman François Pervis in 2013

Podcast Appearances

The Sport Psych Show

Transforming a Coaching Culture

Mehdi discuss the cultural and coaching interventions that transformed the Dutch into Gold medal winners

Supporting Champions Podcast

Focussing on what matters

Mehdi shares his insights into his way of thinking and working, and breaking the mould

Spin Cycle

Performance Process: Finding a

Mehdi shares his insights into his way of thinking and working, and breaking the mould