(Andy Jones)
The track cycling events at the Olympic Games in Rio are still two weeks away, but Great Britain's men's team pursuit squad have showed they are right where they need to be in practice.
Training at the Newport Velodrome while at their pre-Games holding camp in south Wales, the four-man squad reportedly beat the world record time for the four kilometre event.
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