Jason Kenny beats Callum Skinner to take Olympic sprint title

Jason Kenny beat Callum Skinner to take the fifth Olympic gold medal of his career

Jason Kenny celebrates winning team sprint gold in the Rio 2016 Olympic Games

(Image credit: Yuzuru Sunada)

Jason Kenny out rode and out manoeuvred his team mate Callum Skinner to win the Olympic sprint title in Rio on the fourth day in the velodrome. The gold is the fifth in Kenny's career and it came after two faultless sprints in the velodrome.

Kenny won from behind in the first race. Using the height of the track and the sling-shot effect out of the banking he rushed Skinner down the back straight and had the race won well before the pair came out of the final banking.

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