Trott was second behind Australian Annette Edmondson in the 500m time trial, completing her two flying laps in 35.253 seconds to open a gap of 12 points on Belgium’s Jolien d’Hoore.
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28-year-old Kenny went on to win the race, sealing his position as Britain’s joint most successful Olympian of all-time with his old teammate Sir Chris Hoy, with six golds and one silver medal.
Kenny’s third and Trott’s second gold of the Rio Olympics saw Britain finish with six gold medals from nine events entered on the track.
Four gold medals for Laura Trott.Not bad for a woman who says she still feels “like a little girl riding around on her bicycle”.
Jason Kenny and Laura Trott’s combined total of five gold medals at the Rio Olympics would have them sitting in 13th place in the current medal table, were they an individual nation.
United States athlete Sarah Hammer and Jolien D’Hoore got the silver and bronze respectively.
Ireland also enjoyed success on the water, with Annalise Murphy securing the country’s first Olympic sailing medal in 36 years after winning Laser Radial silver.
Trott, the first British woman to claim three Olympic golds when leading the team pursuit home last week, held a commanding lead going into the points race, the sixth discipline of the event, and turned it into a procession. As the riders geared up to start the sprint again with two and a half laps left, German World Champion Joachim Eilers appeared to have overtaken the derny bike as he lead the pack at the top of the track. Dutch rider Matthijs Buchli took silver and Awang bronze.
She dominated throughout to win with 230 points, a whopping 24 clear of American Sarah Hammer. “So I think before asking questions of us they may want to ask themselves why they keep getting it wrong”.
And even now she struggles with acid reflux that can make her throw up after training.
With many watching coverage of the pair’s embrace moments after Kenny’s victory, viewers were surprised by the comments made by the BBC’s Chris Boardman – a gold medal-winning cyclist at the Barcelona Games in 1992.
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James’ team-mate Katy Marchant won bronze for Britain by beating Dutch keirin gold medallist Elis Lightlee in straight rides.
