Great Britain's hattrick of gold on opening night

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The British track team started their pre-Olympic winter track campaign in fine fashion tonight, taking three gold medals with three dominant performances at the European championships.

Both the men's and women's team pursuit squads won their events with apparent ease, and encouragingly posted fast times on what is a notoriously slow track in Apeldoorn, the Netherlands. Victoria Pendleton and an ever improving Jess Varnish rounded off the tally with a win in the women's team sprint.

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