Laura Kenny has won the fifth gold medal of her career after taking the Olympic title in the women’s cycling madison – making her the first British woman to win gold at three consecutive Olympic Games.

Kenny claimed gold alongside Katie Archibald in the event which sees pairs of riders from 15 nations cover 30km in 120 laps of the velodrome.

The medal takes Kenny’s career total to six and sees her become the joint most-decorated British athlete, alongside equestrian Charlotte Dujardin.

It is Archibald’s second Olympic gold and third medal in total.

Earlier, Team GB’s Jack Carlin lost his men’s sprint semi-final against the Netherlands’ Harrie Lavreysen.

Carlin will face Denis Dmitriev of the Russian Olympic Committee for the bronze medal later today.

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