Rio Olympics 2016: Britain's cycling dominance leaves rivals perplexedMATTHEW CHILDS/REUTERS Jason Kenny and Laura Trott both won gold for the powerful British cycling team. As Britain's track cyclists left Rio's velodrome with their saddle bags laden with gold, their rivals were left scratching their heads wondering just how they managed to keep peaking at the Olympics. Other envious nations must have hoped the British Cycling "machine" might finally have snagged its chain. The 32 million pounds budget British Cycling received for the Rio Olympics – dwarfing the amounts available to teams such as the US and Australia – helps. Britain, with a total Olympic medal haul of 71, have now surpassed France (66) as the all-time leading track cycling medal winners.

Source: Stuff August 17, 2016 03:11 UTC