Jason Kenny has become the first British athlete to win seven Olympic gold medals after a masterful, front-riding victory in the men’s keirin final.
Kenny, who was already Britain’s most successful Olympian ever, with six golds – the same number as Sir Chris Hoy – and two silvers, claimed his ninth medal in all as he stole a march on the field three laps from home and never looked back.
The 33-year-old had been part of the men’s sprint team that won silver earlier in the week, beaten by the imperious Dutch outfit, and then failed to get amongst the medals in the individual sprint, where teammate Jack Carlin took bronze.
However, Kenny’s experience and tactical astuteness came to the fore in the keirin, which sees six riders racing on the track at once. He had won his semi-final, from which Carlin failed to advance after finishing fourth, and then in the final delivered a scarcely believable effort as he surged clear of the pack and it quickly became apparent they had left themselves too much to do.
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