Olympics: Britain's Jason Kenny wins men's cycling keirin gold, Malaysia take bronze
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Jason Kenny (GBR) of Britain poses with the gold medal.
PHOTO: REUTERS
RIO DE JANEIRO (AFP) - Jason Kenny won a controversial men's keirin in Rio on Tuesday to claim a British record-eqaualling sixth Olympic title.
It was a golden double as Kenny's girlfriend Laura Trott had earlier won the wowen's omnium.
The keirin final had to be restarted twice after false starts but no-one was disqualified as Matthijs Buchli of the Netherlands won slver with Azizulhasni Awang of Malaysia took bronze.