RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Jason Kenny defeated Callum Skinner in an all-Britain final inside the velodrome Sunday to defend his individual sprint Olympic gold medal and win his second gold of the Rio Games.
Kenny and Skinner combined with Philip Hindes to win the team sprint Thursday night.
Kenny overtook Skinner on the final straightaway to win the first of their best-of-three race, then showed some veteran poise as he held off Skinner from the lead to make it a clean sweep.
It was Kenny's fifth Olympic gold medal and sixth medal overall. The performance also gave the powerful British track cycling team four gold medals and six overall in Rio.