Olympics 2012: Great Britain Smashes World Record to Win Team Sprint

Great Britain's men's sprint team powered to gold in the London Velodrome, setting a new world record in the process.

The trio of Sir Chris Hoy, Jason Kenny and 19-year-old Philip Hindes posted an astonishing round of sprinting to clock a time of 42.600 seconds in their gold medal race against France, beating their own mark of 42.747 set only hours earlier in the Team Sprint qualifying in the process.

The showpiece of the day's track cycling was a repeat of the last Olympics in Beijing when Britain pushed the French into the silver medal position.

Hoy's victory saw him equal rowing legend Sir Steve Redgrave's haul of five Olympic titles at the top of the all-time medal rankings.

Kenny, who picks up his third Olympic medal, adds this victory to that in the same event in 2008 and the silver he won behind teammate Hoy in the individual sprint at the Beijing games.

For the final member of the team, Hindes, the gold caps a remarkable journey from representing Germany as a junior to Olympic glory.

Born in Krefeld, Germany, Hindes switched allegiances to Britain in 2010 and soon became the lead rider the British had been seeking since the retirement of Hoy and Kenny's Beijing team-mate, Jamie Staff.

In the race for Bronze, Germany inched past world champion Australia.

There were mixed fortunes for Great Britain's women's sprint duo of Victoria Pendleton and Jess Varnish, however, as they were relegated for an incorrect change over, costing them a shot at replicating the men's team's success.