Becky James
Becky James continued Great Britain's haul of medals in the track cycling events at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games on Saturday, taking silver in the women's keirin.
James left herself with a lot of ground to make up on the final lap, starting from the back of the pack and accelerating past all but eventual winner Elis Ligtlee of the Netherlands in the final lap.
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Jason Kenny wins the keirin to take his sixth Olympic goldJason Kenny takes his third gold of the Rio Olympics in the men's keirin after two nerve-wracking restarts
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Becky James takes silver and Katy Marchant wins bronze in women's sprintGermany's Kristina Vogel took the gold after beating Becky James 2-0 in the final of the Olympic women's sprint
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Laura Trott extends omnium lead with one event to go, as Kenny qualifies for keirin finalTrott won the flying lap competition to continue her dominance over the Olympic omnium while James and Kenny both made their finals
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Laura Trott increases Olympic omnium lead as Callum Skinner drops out of keirinJason Kenny qualified for the second round of the keirin as Katy Marchant and Becky James ease through to women's sprint semi finals
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Becky James and Katy Marchant progress to 1/8 final of track sprintTeam GB pair of Becky James and Katy Marchant both came through their track sprint rounds to progress at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games
