News at 10 was delayed by 90 minutes as cycling officials and BBC commentators pored over ambiguous race rules about the derny.
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Kenny understood that he was fortunate to have Lottery funding to allow him to train and race on a full-time basis.
Kenny’s victory was the highlight of a nine-medal haul from Britain’s team on day 11 of the games. And fellow sailors Hannah Mills and Saskia Clark are all but certain to win another gold for Great Britain in the women’s 470.
While the two clearly deserve a well-earned break, they won’t have much time to rest as they plan to get married next month.
Not this time though, as she admitted that after the Olympics, she could: “do what I want, within reason”.
Trott said it was impossible to know whether she would be able to defend her titles in four years time at Tokyo 2020 as the cycling programme changes at each games.
“We went and had some pizza, me and Jason”, Trott said.
Boardman, who won gold in the individual pursuit at the Barcelona Games in 1992, also posted on Twitter, insisting his comments had nothing to do with Laura Trott’s gender.
The latest came on another night of British dominance in the Rio velodrome, memorable for the sight of the couple taking turns to ride over and into the record books. I wanted all our focus to be on this [Olympic games]… But when Jason’s riding I have no idea what’s going through his head.
Summing them up, Laura’s dad Adrian said: “The difference in their characters is what makes it work for them”.
“He’d already said to me that he thought he had the legs for it, he just hoped he didn’t mess it up”. “So yeah, I really enjoyed today”. “This might be the last couple of days that we actually have hold of them”.
Britain’s approach to fostering Olympic success has been called “brutal… but effective”: put simply, investment is directed to sports that are most likely to bring in the medals.
The American finished with a score of 15.966, while team-mate Aly Raisman won silver and Great Britain’s Amy Tinkler captured bronze.
While like a machine on a bike, Trott let her mask slip as she cried tears of joy after the race. “If he was in a room with me he’d just sit there; he wouldn’t come up to me”, she told The Telegraph. It was his third triumph in Rio, having won in the team sprint and the men’s sprint before the keirin.
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The 28-year-old now has the same Olympic medal tally as Hoy.
