Jody Cundy recognises the clock is ticking as he bids for Paralympic gold four years on from his notorious explosion at London 2012 . Cundy was favourite for victory in the London 2012 C4/C5 one-kilometre time-trial at the Olympic Velodrome , only for his Games to end in an explosive rant at officials . Race commissaries deemed rider failure to be the result of a start gate issue ; Cundy argued it was faulty , but his protests were dismissed . It was a seminal moment of the Paralympics , when the watching public realised Paralympians are athletes first and foremost . Joy Cundy is aiming for gold at the Rio 2016 Olympics after his dramatic disappointment at London 2012 . Now Cundy , a five-time Paralympic champion swimmer and cyclist , is going for gold at the Rio Games in 2016 , with the Paracycling Track World Championships , which begin on Thursday , a key indicator . The 36-year-old from Wisbech , Cambridgeshire said : ' I 've always got that missed gold in London that 's always playing on the back of my mind . 'That helps me get up in the morning , continue training and make sure we put all the wrongs to right when we get to Rio . ' I seem to be still getting faster and in training I 'm in better form than I was prior to London . ' I 'm not getting any younger , but I 'm good enough to keep going through to Rio . 'Apeldoorn 's going to be the first checkpoint to see if I 'm on target . ' Race commissaries deemed rider failure to be the result of a start gate issue however Cundy disagreed . Cundy , favourite for gold before his false start in the 1km time trial , shows his outrage after his exit . Cundy acknowledges Tokyo 2020 , when he will be 41 , may be four years too far and Rio may be his last chance . He added : ' I keep thinking I 'm new to the sport , but I joined the squad in 2006 . This is my eighth year on the team . ' I 've nearly had as many years on the cycling team as I had on the swimming team . 'It 's certainly getting harder with each year I do it . ' Yet Cundy is still making improvements . Despite being hospitalised to intensive care last November with a swollen epiglottis , Cundy bounced back to post a sea-level personal best in his favoured kilo event at the Newport International event in January . Cundy aims to put his blow-up in the Olympic Velodrome behind him at the Paracycling Track World Championships , which begin in the Netherlands on Thursday . The track in Apeldoorn , Holland which hosts this week 's competition is not known for being fast , though , so returning with the world champion 's rainbow jersey is the primary objective . Cundy is held back by a team official after the DNF . Cundy added : 'It 's about winning the world title and performing as well as I can against my main competitors . ' Cundy , a C4 athlete who is a below-knee amputee , races against riders with a lesser impairment than his own in Paralympic competition . The times posted are factored , but Cundy wants to be quicker than all of his C4 and C5 rivals in Rio . 'On the factors they 've currently got it 's about a 0.6 or 0.8 ( of a second ) advantage I 've got , ' he added . 'But I 'd rather win on time , be faster on time , that way there 's no doubts . ' Cundy is joined in the team by 11-time Paralympic champion Dame Sarah Storey , who is defending two world titles . Neil Fachie and his pilot Pete Mitchell are also defending their one-kilometre time-trial tandem title , while Commonwealth Games winning pair Sophie Thornhill and Helen Scott are in partnership in the women 's tandem events . Crystal Lane , Lora Turnham ( piloted by Lauryn Therin ) and World Championships debutants Megan Giglia , Steve Bate ( piloted by Adam Duggleby ) , Louis Rolfe and Jaco van Gass complete the team . Britain topped the medal table at the 2014 event in Aguascalientes , Mexico , winning 10 medals , seven of them gold .
Jody Cundy was favourite in London 2012 C4/C5 one-kilometre time-trial . Cundy blew up at officials in a heated rant at the Rio 2016 Olympics . Five-time Paralympic cyclist and swimmer now targeting Rio 2016 . The Paracycling Track World Championships begin on Thursday .