Laura Kenny became the first British woman to claim a gold medal at three Olympic games after Team GB dominated the women's madison at Tokyo 2020 on Friday.
Kenny and her madison partner Katie Archibald finished with 78 points, winning 10 out of the 12 sprints available. That victory saw Kenny reach new heights for Great Britain and in the Olympics.
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The triumph means Kenny is the most successful female cyclist in Olympics history, winning five golds across London 2012, Rio 2016 and Tokyo. The feat also saw her draw level with former Australian track cyclist Anna Meares' overall tally of six Olympic medals.
Kenny's dominance on the track also means she has created her own place in Great Britain's sporting history. She is now the first British woman to win three gold medals across three Olympics, and with her six medals overall at the Games, she also becomes the joint most-decorated British female Olympian alongside Charlotte Dujardin.
Kenny said the feat sounded "unbelievable" post-race as she added a fifth gold to the two she won at London 2012 in the omnium and team pursuit. She then repeated the same feat at Rio 2016. At Tokyo she began her medal run with a silver in the team pursuit, but then came her golden moment in the madison.
The pair were dominant in the women's madison, as they took the title with over double the points of second-placed Denmark.
"I looked up and we had 60 laps to go and I thought I've not even touched the pedals," Kenny said. "We rode so conservative, we've been doing so much work.
"I've never wanted to win a race so much in all my life and I messaged Jason [Kenny, her husband] and said I feel like my Olympics ends today, I love the team pursuit but I felt relief when it was over because this was the one race I wanted to win -- I just feel so relieved."
Archibald added: "I've never wanted something so much, I've never been so nervous but we've been so clinical with our approach.
"We had a change of coach last year for this event, we're going for the all round and trying to spread between events and it feels so satisfying for it to come off."
In the other final Friday, an all-Dutch showdown between the world's two best sprinters, Harrie Lavreysen lost his first match against close friend Jeffrey Hoogland before taking the next two races and claiming the gold medal.
Hoogland went to the lead to begin the last of three laps, forcing Lavreysen to go the long way around the track on the outside and keeping his teammate from pulling ahead at the finish line. Their second race looked as if it would mirror the first, only this time Lavreysen had enough in his legs to finish the job, and the decider wasn't really close as he powered his way to the gold medal.
It was the second gold of the Games for Lavreysen, who joined Hoogland in helping the Netherlands win the team sprint gold.
In the bronze-medal match, Britain's Jack Carlin needed just two races to beat Denis Dmitriev, the silver medalist from the Rio Games.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.