Trott picked up her second gold medal at the Rio Games in the omnium, making her the first female British Olympian to win four golds.
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With the victory, the 24-year-old clinched her second successive team pursuit and omnium double after she also won both events at London in 2012.
Jason, 28, who won three Olympic gold medals at Beijing and London, won golds in the individual and team sprints at Rio.
Bolton-born Jason Kenny tonight won a stunning sixth gold with a victory in the keirin in Rio, adding to the fantastic Team GB haul and reinforcing Manchester’s reputation as an Olympic medal factory.
Laura Trott had previously made history on so-called Super Saturday as Team GB’s gold rush continued.
The competition’s most decorated athlete, swimmer Michael Phelps of the U.S., has continued to dominate the 2016 Games. “I am just so happy that it all came together – I can’t thank everyone at home enough”. “With them both being cyclists as well, it just helps to get other people in Cheshire excited about the sport in general, with the Tour of Britain just around the corner”.
“I can’t believe I’ve done that”, she said of her fourth gold medal.
Ahead of the penultimate sprint with 10 laps remaining, Hammer and D’Hoore attacked but Trott immediately set off in pursuit of them to end any thoughts they might pick up another lap.
“It just felt like a dream”.
While Trott’s route to glory was never in doubt, her fiances path to Olympic success could not have been more nail-biting.
The final would prove anything but comfortable, as Kenny avoided disqualification having appeared to have overtaken the derny bike as it came off the track, which saw the race halted for a lengthy period while the footage was viewed. I was so exhausted I was floating through it.
” It is pretty mental (matching Sir Chris Hoy)”.
Last night, Laura retained her Omnium title after surviving the 100-lap, 25km points race at the Rio Olympic Velodrome, marking her second Olympic title in Rio, following the women’s team pursuit triumph on Saturday.
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Britain won two more medals in Tuesday’s women’s sprint event, with Becky James beaten by Germany’s Kristina Vogel in the final and Katy Marchant winning the bronze race against Elis Ligtlee of the Netherlands.
