Rio 2016 Olympics track cycling: Great Britain win gold in thrilling team sprint final win over New Zealand

Golden boy: Jason Kenny celebrates his sprint triumph and a fourth gold medal
David Davies/PA
Matt McGeehan12 August 2016

Jason Kenny, Phil Hindes and Callum Skinner won Great Britain's third successive Olympic gold in the men's team sprint on Wednesday.

Britain's three-man, three-lap team sprint squad have a habit of peaking every four years and did so again as Kenny claimed his fourth Olympic gold.

Britain have not won a world title in the discipline since 2005, but have now won gold at the 2008, 2012 and now 2016 Olympics.

The British trio clocked 42.440 seconds, an Olympic record, to claim gold, just five months after finishing sixth in the world at the Track World Championships in London.

New Zealand's Ethan Mitchell, Sam Webster and Ed Dawkins, the world champions, had to settle for silver in 42.542secs, just 0.102 behind.

Bronze went to France in 43.143.

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