Trott, King and Rowsell keep gold medals coming

Team GB team pursuit women on podium, London 2012 Olympic Games, track day three evening session

Three rides, three world records, and at the end of it all, three Olympic gold medals. The British women's team pursuit trio dominated their event in London even more so than their male counterparts.

The team of Laura Trott, Dani King and Joanna Rowsell put together three sensational rides through the competition to become the first Olympic champions in this event, and bring the world record down to three minutes, 14.051 seconds. Prior to the London world cup in February this year that record had stood stubbornly at the three minute 19 second mark.

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Simon Richardson
Magazine editor

Editor of Cycling Weekly magazine, Simon has been working at the title since 2001. He fell in love with cycling 1989 when watching the Tour de France on Channel 4, started racing in 1995 and in 2000 he spent one season racing in Belgium. During his time at CW (and Cycle Sport magazine) he has written product reviews, fitness features, pro interviews, race coverage and news. He has covered the Tour de France more times than he can remember along with two Olympic Games and many other international and UK domestic races. He became the 130-year-old magazine's 13th editor in 2015.