Day 10 BBC One: 20.30-22.00 Olympics

Welcome back to a gorgeously hot day in Rio. We are heading into the late

afternoon here in Brazil and into the evening. Good crowds Inbee Park.

Sadly, in most stadiums, that is not the case. Here in the velodrome

there is such a strong British presence, every time a rider goes

out onto the track, there is a huge roar. It is like competing in a home

games. Laura Trott and Mark Cavendish are the main people we are

concentrating on. Here are the headlines on day ten.

Charlotte Dujardin and the wonderful Valegro put on a sublime displayed

to retain their individual dressage title. That is the third gold for

Charlotte Dujardin and she becomes the first British woman to

successfully defend an individual Olympic title.

There was a brilliant bronze for Sophie Hitchon, the first ever

Olympic medal in the hammer for a British woman. She broke her own

record with a throw of 74.54 metres and was jumping for joy afterwards.

British badminton doubles pair Marcus Ellis and Chris Langridge

reached the semifinals of the men's doubles. They upset the Japanese

world number eight today. A medal is now in their grasp.

So, in the velodrome here, I am delighted to say I am joined by

double Olympic champion Joanna Rowsell-Shand who was part of the

team pursuit who defended their title. You had already done the team

title. And Sir Chris Hoy, winner of six Olympic gold medal is himself.

So, Laura Trott first of all, your team-mate, Joe. She is in brilliant

form. She was second in the Omnium scratch race but another rider

gained a lap so you could say she won. She led out the sprint and no

one could get close to her at the end of that scratch race. That is a

good indicator of form to come. You'll always feel a bit rough after

three and team pursuits and world record rides but she had an easy day

to recover from that. A bit of a lion when the rest of us were

enjoying ourselves. A great first event for her. -- a bit of a lie in.

Mark Cavendish has one event left tonight. The main one, the points

race. He is in a great position. He is confident on the bike. I think he

can do it. I am positive about it. We will keep our fingers crossed and

give him a big cheer. The only thing missing for him is an Olympic medal.

He has done so well on the Tour de France. This matters for him. He

does not have to do this. It shows how much he cares about the Olympic

Games. And with Bradley coming onto the track, it has given the team a

boost. I think the whole of Britain is behind him. It is such a strong

British cycling team and the women get ever stronger but Laura Trott is

leading the way because she is the first to win three gold medals. She

could be on for a fourth hair. She sprang to prominence during London

2012. The thing I love the most is that

kind of adrenaline. When I get on my bike, it is the weirdest feeling.

The minute I'm sat there with my helmet on, that is it, I am ready.

People get scared by the Beatles, the five, four, three, two, one

countdown. I love it because I know this is the race now. It is just me

and my bike. I never believed I would go to 2012. It was always you

will go to Rio for the experience and target Tokyo for the gold medal.

For everything happened so fast for me is incredible. I felt I was won

this amazing train and it was getting quicker and quicker and all

of a sudden I am the Olympic Games. My achievement personally blew me

away. The team pursuit was my main target. We worked so hard. We lived

each other's pockets for that year and a half I was on the team. I felt

those are my girls and we have done it and we have achieved this massive

thing. Great Britain win the Olympic title! With the scratch race, I felt

like I had messed it up. I went and found my dad and he said, it doesn't

matter, just do what I know I can do. He knew the 500 was my best

event. When I crossed the finish line and I looked up and I saw I had

won the 500 as Sarah Hammer had come forth, I did not know what to think.

I was a double Olympic champion! I was numb, I could not believe it had

happened to me. It was those two years after the Games that I found

difficult, to be honest. Just having that change, being in a golden era

of London 2012 to this, having to put in the hard work against system,

it was difficult and one that I struggled with. But after two years,

the build-up starts again and used out to have

Olympic fever again. It is a nice thing and used at to see new kit and

new team members and Duke start to get an idea of who the Olympic team

will be. Laura Trott crosses the line as world champion! It is an

Olympic year. The World Championships were incredible. I got

the gold medal in the Omnium. It felt like a massive achievement.

Because I had finished silver three years in a row, I felt it was a long

time coming. Gold for Jason Kenny! Before London no one knew about me

and Jason. We have been engaged since 2014. It is so nice as well

that he can be there. I know a lot of couples will say it is

distracting but it is not. He gets it. He knows how I am feeling and he

is such a huge support for me. Four weeks is a long time not to have him

there. It is a long time not to have my dogs have there! To not have

Jason there, I would not enjoy it. The wonderful Laura Trott. She has

such a bubbly personality. Reportedly tonight, she is a

supersonic cyclist. You will see her in the Olympic deceit. At about

9:32pm, that is the points race for the men's Omnium. That will decide

whether Mark Cavendish will win an Olympic medal and could it be gold?

I love the elimination race. That is the third event in the win in's

omnium. Let's talk about Laura Trott. She was talking about her

relationship with Jason. They are due to get married soon. Presumably

she has had no time to plan but? We train six days a week. There are a

lot of hours on the bike and the gym. All based in Manchester

together. Lots of training camps in places like Spain. I don't how she

fits it in but she is obviously very organised. I read that she started

cycling because her mum started cycling to lose weight and lost

something like five stone? I think they had gone to Disney World or

something and her mum could not go on a ride because she was overweight

and that spurred her on to lose weight. She joined a

cycling club and then the rest of the family got involved. Her sister

has been a cyclist as well. And her dad is a keen cyclist. They are all

very much a cycling family. Becky James has got sisters who cycle. Her

sister is in the Paralympic team. Cycling all around. Was your family

a cycling family? My dad liked to tinker with bikes. He reckons he

invented BMX but he did not really. He liked to have fun on jobs. With

the omnium you have to be a master of so many different skills and you

would assume that this would be Laura's favourite. I get about

favourite but it is not so easy to enjoy. I think she would enjoy the

elimination race more. In terms of what she's good at, even Laura on

bad day would be up there. She is very talented at the pursuit. The

team pursuit is different to the individual pursuit. We spend most of

our time training on the low frame bike. It can be quite alien for

people used to being an upright bikes. All of that work we put in

for deceit will pay dividends in the team pursuit. We have got a lot of

support for British fans but also from home as well. What is this you

have brought in? This is a flag made by British cycling with messages

from people at home giving our support. There are a few general

messages for the team and also some individual messages. There is one

from my old cycling club saying good luck, Jo, out in Rio. We got was

ended with this when we went to our holding camp four weeks ago. That

was a nice surprise to see the messages from back home of support.

Chris loves his social media. I saw Laura Trott put a picture on social

media with her gold medal under the pillow. I slept with mine in my bed

as well. It is the safest place to keep it. You do not want to leave it

anywhere. You want to keep hold of it, keep it safe and you gradually

relax. I have still got it. I have not left it at home yet. I will

gradually start not wearing it every day. I'm surprised you have not got

it on! Down in the pit, Jill Douglas does AIDS Burling job. She has just

caught up with Anna Meares -- she does a sterling job.

Anna, you have achieved so much on the track and you are now bowing out

at this stage, how does it feel? To be honest, I feel a bit heavy.

Sometimes in life you do not get that fairy tale ending. I'm really

proud of what I have achieved. I have been really proud for 22 years

to wear the green and gold of my country, race hard and race

aggressive, and pose a strong figure for women and girls to look up to.

It is really tough. But as heavy as I feel, I still feel very proud. I

knew the Sprint would be difficult. I did not think I would be that far

out of the competition. My best chance was in the clearing. It is a

big question and no decision to be made quickly, will we see you on the

track again? You have a Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in a couple

of years' time, and I know the whole of Australia and the Commonwealth

would love to see you in action. Thank you. Maybe that is the ferry

tale, going out in my home state where it all started. I promised I

would give myself some time, race, be proud of my efforts, hold my head

high and then think about it afterwards. I want to go and think

about my family. I will make a statement in that regard. Thank you

very much indeed. Anna Meares who has been such a huge

figure in cycling. She was a big rival of Victoria Pendleton. When

you started in cycling, was she is someone you looked up to? At the

time of the Athens games I watched people like Chris and she was the

Olympic champion so she was always a figure in the world of cycling back

when I started. It is amazing how long her career has been and she is

still racing. It shows how high the standard is in winning's sprinting

is that a rider of her calibre has come tenth. It is great for Team GB

because two our riders are up there. Varies Anna Meares now with Victoria

Pendleton. Maybe when all is said and done, when the rivalry is over,

you can actually be friends. I remember Martina Navratilova said

about Chris Evatt, they were so competitive while playing that they

could never be friends, but when they stopped they were the best of

friends. You understand that you've gone

through the same thing and you almost measure yourself against that

person, it means that much to you. Good to see them talking their and

not fighting! Indeed! As are as Becky James and Katy Marchant are

concerned, how do you think they are? Do you think we could see them

head to head for the gold medal in the spring? Certainly potentially.

Becky broke the Olympic record and Magda -- Katy went close. They both

got to their next round in their back home resting the village. Do

you get broader at the village? Not once the racing starts. Literally

every second, every minute counts. They will be glad they have the

whole afternoon to recover and get themselves ready for tomorrow. Then

you've got five or six days on the trot and event of the event, any

time at all is golden. We will be joining the individual pursuit

shortly. Laura Trott is actually last to go. We will show you some

more of an ears. Both of them in tears. You would

think the lure of a home, wealth games would be too strong not to go

on from that and finish on the Gold Coast? I think for her that would be

a big motivator but she has to have the decide how big a motivator it

is? Motivation is one thing that the other is your body, will it keep

going, punishing itself day in day out? You're always pushing yourself

and being careful of what you eat, trying hard not to get ill. The

whole lifestyle can be very enjoyable but also very punishing on

your body. One thing is motivation and the other is how much you can

keep physically doing it. I was thinking about this with Andy Murray

in the tennis last night, as that -- are there ice parts available for

the athletes? The site listed a lot of research into it and one of our

sports scientists in our support team did his Ph.D. On it and when

there is high impact and there could be swelling it is a beneficial

thing, but the swelling is an important part of adaptation and

recovery, so sometimes you don't want to stop that. Oh! Andy Murray

loves the ice bath. We will shortly be showing you live cycling, and

there is beach volleyball live on BBC Four. Also online right now,

table tennis, the men's team semifinal, Japan against Germany.

Fantastic stuff. There's a trick shot you need to look up online as

well from the table tennis, it's really good! Also online, diving,

the men's 3 million -- three-metre preliminaries, featuring Jack Law

and Woodward going for Great Britain. -- Jack Laugher. It's been

a very romantic Olympics. A proposal at the Rugby sevens and also a

proposal in the diving. She won gold and her boyfriend of six years, she

said she can remember much of his speech budgie like the bit where he

said he was willing to be bullied by her for life!

So I don't know, do you know how Jason Kenney proposed to Laura?

Christmas Eve, wasn't it? It was around Christmas. Watching

EastEnders! It was cheery, was it? I think she was saying, what have you

got me for Christmas and work it out and he gave it her and said you can

have it now! Brearley! He's very funny in his interviews, very

deadpan. -- really! What news from down there? Talking about ice baths,

we could do with some ice bath down here in the mixed zone, very hot,

and very emotional. I was just welling up watching that proposal,

but the tears and emotions from Anna Meares, bowing out after such a

career. We've been watching Mark Cavendish, he came out after that

flying lap looking really relaxed. His wife and kids are up in the

stand above me watching on and willing him on to get that Olympic

medal. He is chased it for such a long time, it would be a very

special medal whatever colour it might be. Would it be fair to say

that he could be leading this omnium if he hadn't got punished by the

judges forgoing an illegal under taking lamination race? Potentially,

but what ifs in this competition Debra Lee count. He was punished,

yes, but it was exactly the right decision and it didn't actually

affect the result of the race. You couldn't argue with the decision.

It's guys like Lasse Hansen who will look at that elimination race and

think what could have been. Tenet of New Zealand didn't really try in

that race either. He is shown in both the time the events how strong

he is. What Cavendish did was limit his losses there. You've seen Laura

Trott, sitting there with her headphones on, she looks very

relaxed, how do you think she will do? Last ago in this individual

pursuit. She will be completely unfazed. She's super strong and

looked really great earlier in the day. I think she will come out and

lay down her time and do what she has to do, no problem. Don't worry,

we've got this one, got it covered, Claire. You can see her looking up

at the screen and taking a check on what is what and the answer is that

for tears of riders have gone and she is in the ninth pair to go.

We're enjoying the live action, seeing what sorts of times they are

setting. We will see Kirsten Wild of the Netherlands is up against, how

do I say that? Daria Pikulik! You know what? The good news is that

Simon Brotherton is the one who has to say it! We will head over to him

and pick up this individual pursuit. COMMENTATOR: The rider from Poland

will be on the track shortly! This is Diao Xiao Juan, still coming up

to the line having been caught by the other rider on the track, but

the new quickest time, four of the nine heats have taken place. Kirsten

Wild of the Netherlands will be next onto the track, with Daria Pikulik

from Poland. Marlies Mejias started well and managed to hold onto that

good start. It was a tough ride from her. Kirsten Wild coming up next.

She was fourth in the World Championships, so we could seek a

fastest time again. It's going to keep tumbling this week, as we go

through this seeded condition. We've got a very experienced rider here

against a very young but were missing rider, Kirsten Wild. More on

her in just a moment. There is Pikulik from Poland. World

silver-medallist in the junior omnium last year and she won the

points race as well. All smiles getting onto the bike and you have

to be 18 or over to compete in the Olympic Games, so she just turned of

age in time. You just saw a shot of Kirsten Wild from the Netherlands,

33 years of age, down on the left-hand side. We saw her in ride

London in the Classique, she won that in the sprint for the line on

the Mall Angie also victory that tore the Yorkshire one-day race in

the UK earlier in the year. She has previously been a champion on the

track. 3000 metres the distance in this women's on the individual

pursuit, that is 12 laps. Both off to a decent start. On

paper,... There is some unknown with the young Polish rider. Certainly

got off to a good start. They are not competing against each other,

they are setting a time, and that is how they will be ranked. You would

think that Pikulik would probably do a decent time here because she rode

for Poland in the team pursuit at the Olympic Games earlier this week

and she'll say won the silver medal in the European Championship this

year at under 23 level. She's clearly a talent in this individual

event. There is Kirsten Wild. A bit like Ellis, she has a very powerful

frame and she take some stopping once she gets going. Diao Xiao

pick a leg can't really lean on her Albers and brace herself, it's quite

an ungainly style. She's gone for a more stubby helmet. There are all

sorts of regulations governing how high you can go and how long you can

go and where your hands are in relation to the front of the wheel.

The shorter riders have an advantage because of the measurements

regardless of your height. A very aero position. She is stopped still

on the bike. There is Kirsten Wild, cutting through the air down the

back straight. Pikulik by the way has set the fastest time so far up

to this stage of proceedings. And now just gone down to the second

quickest time. Five laps to go for these two riders. You could expect

Kirsten Wild to be the better pace of these two riders. That experience

does come into play here. You have to learn about your own abilities

and how to measure them carefully. She's a bit like Viviani in the

men's omnium. She has kept her career going on the track. With

three laps to go. She is well into the lead now, for what it's worth.

These two riders strive to set their time and this top position is quite

remarkable, if you actually consider she can't see where she's going with

her head down, she can only see the black line passing underneath her.

It must take a lot of training to ride like that. Kirsten Wild

gritting her teeth. A difficult stage of the race here. Really

hurting, legs screaming, lungs bursting. Pikulik losing ground all

the time but of course they are not strictly racing against each other

here, she could still posed a good time compared to many of the others

in the field, but look at the difference between the two of them.

The power and pace on the experience of Kirsten Wild. A new fastest time

and she is the leader. Here comes Pikulik up towards the line. 3:39.8

80. Quick enough for fourth fastest so far.

Kirsten Wild the fastest rider we've seen so far and very impressive to

watch, with that tucked position. STUDIO

Very impressive, but it looks so painful as well. That is a serious

effort. Meanwhile, as if... As if she didn't have enough to face! That

is Laura Trott going very fast on the bike. Why do that much effort

before what you've got to come? So, you want to be fully activated in

your warm up ready for the race, so that the pursuit -- as the pursuit

is a full gas effort. It's not a sprint from the start, it's a bit

different to the team sprint but for us you need to be fully warmed up.

We will try and spend some time on the power output they want to do for

the perceived in the race, and because it's from a standing start

you have to go from zero to top speed as efficiently as you can.

Some power sprints on the rollers to get the legs activated and ready to

go right from the start. How important is position on the bike?

To get it right, to jockey position really? It's the most important

thing. All the equipment, all the money spent on the bikes and the

closing and the helmet, it's the shape of the rider's body that is

the biggest area, so if you can minimise that you get the biggest

gain. Handing you back to Simon. COMMENTATOR: Ready to go once more,

use against experience here. On the right, the French athlete, on the

left, Amalie Dideriksen. Just 20 years of age. Still finding her feet

at this elite level in the Olympic Games, but she was good enough for

tenth place in the Worlds this year. I think she is another name we will

hear much more of in the years to come. Both will be aiming to be top

ten in this particular discipline. Very handy pursuit, certainly not

their primary event but they can set some good signs.

Amalie Dideriksen the fourth fastest but with 12 laps of the track, it is

a measured effort. Dideriksen has gone out in front. It is a long time

ago the World Championship in London. I mentioned the greater

experience of Laurie Berthon, but she's still only 24 herself. She has

been towards the top of the standings in several occasions in

recent years. She was third in Manchester in a World Cup race, and

omnium event won by Laura Trott. Certainly storming now. It does not

look like there will be half a second between them on this

occasion. She is starting to feel a little bit of benefit from the

slipstream. So Dideriksen is the fastest rider so far. About a minute

and a half of racing remaining. If she has gone off too fast, there is

still plenty of time to lose everything she has gained. That is

unlikely to happen. She is experienced. She is hunting her down

now. She has four laps to go, Dideriksen. She is showing the

talent we know she has got. This has worked out very well timewise for

Amalie Dideriksen and not so good for Laurie Berthon, the world silver

medallist. And endurance rider, 45 seconds remaining. She is

effectively starting her sprint now as she goes after the Frenchwoman.

It must be such a bonus to have something to aim at in front of you.

The legs are starting to hurt. Dideriksen captures the Frenchwoman

and goes past. She covered the least distance. She has set the fastest

time with one lap to go. She has got to hang onto that speed for another

250 metres. If she does, we will have a new leader in event two in

the winning's omnium. Around the banking for the final time. Here she

comes now. Dideriksen Denmark is the fastest rider so far with six more

to go out on the track as Berthon finishes sixth quickest.

Two more pairs to go before we will see Laura Trott in this individual

pursuit but there is Mark Cavendish, knowing that he is about half an

hour away in his final race in the men's omnium and he has a definite

chance of a gold medal. He has never won an Olympic medal. He has won 30

stages of the Tour de France and three rainbow jerseys on the track

and one on the road. He is in good form. This morning when Chris Hoy

was talking to Jill, they got gate-crashed. There are probably

five or six guys who could win this. Chris, can I have an autographed?!

Here he is. I was big in you up. He is in good form? He is. He was

full of Huber. -- he was full of humour. If you lapped the field you

gain 20 points. There are many opportunities to make up the points.

However, Viviani, this is the position he wanted to be in and have

a bit of a crush on. He could now follow Mark. He just needs to make

sure he does not lose too many points. In the women was Mac omnium,

here we go with the next power. COMMENTATOR: And it is Lauren Ellis

from New Zealand and Anette Edmundson from Australia. She won

the bronze medal four years ago in London. A very, very consistent

performer, second in 2012, third the following year and then finally the

world champion in 2015. Annette Edmondson will certainly be worth

keeping an eye on. She will be strongly fancied to win a medal here

in this Olympic omnium. And then up against her is Lauren Ellis from New

Zealand. Fourth in the team pursuit, eighth in the World Championship in

the omnium in London in the spring. The Australians desperate for a

result here. It could be Annette Edmondson who gets them something.

They will be disappointed with their performance, performing so strongly

at the World Championships. But Edmondson, that is not her problem.

I was reading a digital edition of an Australian newspaper earlier on

and the inquest has already started in the track performance, a couple

of articles saying why has our track campaign at the Olympic Games fallen

flat with Australia finishing fourth on several occasions and

underperforming and below their own expectations. Seems like a double

peaking issue. Once every four years they have two before Midsummer and

that causes a bit of a problem. Often the World Championship times

are not met. That will not be the case here. These two our fifth and

seventh fastest so far. There are only four riders to go. Edmondson

was the only one not to end up on the deck when they had a heavy crash

in training earlier in the week. That did ruin their chances of

challenging. Edmondson fourth fastest, Ellis fifth quickest. She

is a lot faster than she was in London. That is telling. She is

storming round the track here. Edmondson has three laps to go. She

had a nasty crash. She collided with a car back home. I saw a photograph

of the site of the car. It was fortunate that she could even

compete in the World Championships. Now she is back to something

approaching her best. There is nothing between them at the moment,

they are both riding well, very strongly. As they take the Bell,

just one lap to go will stop they will finish close together. Less

than half a lap to go. A bit of a sprint towards the line. Lauren

Ellis of New Zealand is showing very good form here.

As Simon says, one more pared to go before we will see Laura Trott.

Meanwhile, in the diving, it is the men's three metre preliminaries.

Jack Laugher who won Britain's first-ever diving gold in the

synchro with Chris Mears, he had been struggling, until that, his

third dive at the halfway stage. He got it absolutely spot-on. Leon

Taylor said he was worried about Jack because of the gap between

winning a gold medal and then getting back in there. He said after

they won silver in Athens he found it very difficult to refocus again

and get his rhythm back but Jack in good form. He takes a nice dip in

the Jacuzzi. The top 18 qualify. This was Freddie Woodward's dive.

Again, that was his third dive. He is currently in ninth place so both

of them looking pretty comfortable. The top 18 qualify for the

semifinals which are tomorrow and so was the final. Coverage is

continuing online. So, back to the cycling.

COMMENTATOR: Just five seconds away from this penultimate ride. Sarah

Hammer who was the principal rival she is the former world champion in

this event. Jolien D'Hoore has had considerable success in road racing.

It is Sarah Hammer who we would expect to take this. It is the

strongest event. And five-time world champion. She will be looking to

grab hold of this event and secure maximum points. We move through

these distant disciplines because she was caught on the shoulder in

the sprint in the elimination race. I don't know what you thought,

Chris, but watching earlier today in the scratch race, it looked like she

did not have the speed to sit on Laura Trott's wheel. I think she got

caught up in traffic. It looked like she was not moving forward but she

was so far out on the track, she was going six or seven metres further.

She will be OK here. 28 she did at the World Championship. She is not

the fastest so far. She is such an aggressive rider. She likes to get

into the race and hang on. It may be a different strategy. She has

already gone up a spot in the space of one lap. Sarah Hammer from the

United States. The time to beat is three .30... She is something of an

ungainly rider to watch, I think I have to say. Not a great stylist but

she gets the power out. You think she is about to start fading and she

keeps going and going. Jolien D'Hoore is going very well as well.

Let's have a look at the time check. She is continuing to impress in this

individual pursuit. They are round about 28 at the moment. Sarah Hammer

was the driving force in the American pursuit team that perhaps

did not completely help them by doing short turns but here it is all

about her and Tyrone performance. The longer the race is going on, the

faster she seems to be riding, Sarah Hammer. We expect nothing less. It

will be interesting to get the views of Joanna Rowsell-Shand as well in a

minute. D'Hoore goes down the back straight. Sarah Hammer hurtles

around the bottom of the track here. A couple of seconds to get it all

out now as she takes the Bell. She will go into the lead as expected

here but Sarah Hammer really laying it all down. Her favoured event. She

is coming up to the line now. The quickest time by quite a long way

and the second fastest time from Jolien D'Hoore from Belgium. Sarah

Hammer, we have seen the form she has got because the USA were very

impressive in the women's team pursuit, but she has shown an

heroine that she has carried that performance and Jolien D'Hoore with

a strong ride. That was a solid ride from her. She will be pleased with

that. She has not had great luck so far, but that will be a difficult

mark to beat. Sarah Hammer laying it down. Jo, what is her best time? Her

best at sea level... She has not done a full length in training. She

will know what sort of pace she wants to aim for. It is interesting,

having watched the women's been in the gymnastics where they got powder

all over them, is that chalk or talcum powder? It will be liquid

chalk. It is much better than wearing a set of gloves. You get the

grip you require but there is not the extra weight and the drag you

get from gloves. Some riders do use gloves but it is a personal

preference. And there is Laura Trott! Massive

roar from the crowd in this velodrome. Huge support for her.

Union flags around for Laura Trott. She's in the back straight. Tatsiana

Sharakova won the first event. She broke away from the pack and timed

it well and it worked out well for her, that is why she was the leader

after the first event, she's a former champion in track but I don't

think she will be a contender for the medals. Laura Trott in second

position in the women's omnium after that impressive ride in the first

event. Here she goes in her second six. She's going to have to produce

a personal best here but that is as it should be at an Olympic Games.

Very cool, calm and collected at the opening stages. Sharakova should not

be as good a pursuit rider. Sharakova's chart a -- start a slow

one. Here we come to the 500-metre mark now, let's have a look at how

Laura is getting on. Third fastest and as you can see, Sharakova is

noticeably slower. She looks well settled on the bike, time checks

showing that she is well up on schedule. That is a good thing

really. She's doing well here and eating up the ground. Sharakova is

going to be within the same straight within two laps. Laura Trott

incredibly impressive in that opening ride, she looked completely

in control in that scratch race. I don't think she's ever ridden better

or been in better form coming into a major championship. It certainly

looks that way and she is riding beautifully here so far. She is

hogging the black line at the bottom of the track. It's no mean feat to

stay stuck to it. Still a long way to go for Laura Trott. So far so

good for her. Even if she died off a bit, I think it would be the best

pursued she's ever ridden, where she has to be pleased. She's now got a

visual incentive and an aerodynamic benefits as well. This is playing

into Laura Trott's fans here, to give her the chance to really

maximise her performance in this individual pursuit. She has a rider

to chase. When the shop opens out we will see that she is not that far

behind Sharakova. She's closing in! 40 metres, 30 metres between them

and she's already getting a significant benefit, the difficulty

will be when she gets on the other side and hits the dead air. I wasn't

expecting that. Laura Trott will worry about that any moment now

because she goes past Sharakova, the former point race champion of the

world and the crowd roared their approval at Trott's performance so

far. Can she keep it all together? Her position is still very solid,

very aerodynamic. She looks extremely -- extremely strong on the

bike. She is just driving for home, just a view more seconds to go. Now

as Laura Trott comes up to the line she will have two more laps to go in

this race, two more laps for Laura Trott, and what a psychological blow

to Sarah Hammer this could be. A storming ride, not showing signs of

fading at the moment. She still looks well on top of it here. Laura

Trott takes the bell, 250 laps to go and it's still the fastest time.

Laura Trott races down the finishing straight, half a lap from the end of

this individual pursuit race, is she going to go into the lead in the

overall standings? What sort of time will see post? A sensational one!

3:25.05 for the Laura Trott and Sharakova is still coming in to

finish and she still hasn't quite crossed the line. 3:37.2 04. That

was unbelievable from Laura Trott. Sarah Hammer, the five-time champion

of the world in this discipline as a stand-alone event, could not live

with the pace that Laura Trott was able to lie down -- lay down on the

track. This is her prime event, the one that she considers a banker.

Laura Trott has beaten the former world champion, record-holder. Quite

a remarkable ride and she looked so on top of it in the latter stages,

only really started driving for home with a lap to go. Beautiful line on

the track as well. Paul Manning there, the coach, able to tell her

that all was well throughout. She will have known that. Individual

pursuit thing from the very top drawer from start to finish. --

pursuiting. STUDIO

That was so impressive and she wasn't far outside the Olympic

record set in Athens in 2004. That was better than you expected, wasn't

it? That was phenomenal! The other riders's times have been very quick.

I knew the track was running quickly so I thought she would get a new PB

but that was almost any elliptic record. A Phenomenal one time. Laura

Trott has a 6-point lead over Sarah Hammer going into the 11 nation race

which we will bring you, because it is brilliant! -- going into the

elimination race. That was one of Sarah Hammer's strongest events and

I think she thought she had done enough there but you saw her face!

All credit to Laura, that was fantastic. I never saw that coming

in terms of that time, that will give her huge confidence in the next

round. Also it will give confidence to her team-mate, Mark Cavendish,

who has his last race of the omnium coming up, as he continues his

desperate, passionately desperate striving for an Olympic medal. He's

been telling Jill Douglas about it. People don't realise how hard it is

to go from road to track. It's like Formula 1 driving going to a rally

cross race, they're not quite the same. My form is good but it's about

transition and if I can do that quickly I know I have a chance. The

world champion, 30 stages in the tour, where does the Olympics said?

It's that one little thing that I haven't done. Within my physicality

is, I've done everything I can except win the Olympic Games, you

know? It's not going to define me, you know what I mean? As a British

athlete, it's likely to define my career but I am patriotically I am

very proud to wear the flag I was born under. As a British sports

person it's a very big thing for that. You went to Beijing and it

didn't come off for you there and you were the one to watch in the

road race in 2012. The positives I can take from both those Olympics

was that I said I wanted to be in my best condition of the year and I

think both times I was on the best condition I possibly could be, and I

was the strongest in both events. I knew that if we made every single

deck out this year, we would be on the best form possible for Rio. So,

the omnium, for first-time watchers of track cycling, it's like the

decathlon but on the track. Where do you think you are in that? I'm

confident, I've done everything I can. I've worked on the events that

I'm Ibid. Weaker at. I'm very confident in the training I've got

with my form now that I will put in a good race. You can't doubt his

passion and his commitment. He's come back early from the Tour de

France to prepare for what will be really his last shot at it. He goes

into the final points race in second place in the omnium and it's on,

isn't it? It is but we have to be clear this is a huge task ahead of

him. He has a few points cushion. I think he's going to use all his

experience and his speed. There will be a few physical moments in this as

well if it's anything like the race in London. It's very exciting, I'm

getting nervous waiting for this one, this is what we're waiting for.

Before we see the race start, let's just show you how it works. Here is

Chris Boardman. By the time they reach the sixth and

last event in the omnium, the riders are starting to get a bit tired. But

it's the most important of all because it is where the medals will

finally be decided. Rather than start as equals, each athlete goes

into the 40 kilometres race, 25 kilometres for women, with an you

later total from the previous five events. They then attempt to top up

their tally by sprinting for points every five laps. If a rider gains a

lap, they get 20 valuable points. If an athlete goes into this decisive

round with a reasonable buffer, they can choose to ride defensively,

marking their overall rivals rather than trying to win the race. On the

flip side, those well behind at this stage have nothing to lose and often

try to take them on. The overall winner unsurprisingly is the athlete

with the highest scorer at the end of this final round.

So, it's a sort of combined tens of endurance. It is sprinting, speed

but also physicality and how you hold your position in a bunched race

of 17 men. When it comes to the sprints, if you are boxed in it is

about creating space for yourself but it's about reading a raise and

spotting dangerous moves and not missing out on opportunities to pick

up points. To gain a lab here, you would straightaway be right at the

top of the leaderboard. It would not just be about sprints, it would be

about the opportunity of getting a gap. Therefore you have to be

reading what might happen and reading it tactically. Thank you so

much for your contribution, I'm really glad Laura Trott is going

well in the omnium, hopefully we'll come back to us and we catch up with

you tomorrow. Thank you. I will it you go back and cheer on Mark

Cavendish. Here we go, this could mean gold.

Simon Brotherton. COMMENTATOR: So, 160 laps of the

track. They all just roll around to make sure everyone is up and running

and when they are together in a group the gun will go and they will

start the race properly here. Mark Cavendish came to Rio not as the

favourite for the gold medal but he goes into this final race not as the

favourite, with Viviani ahead of him and looking strong. Is it possible?

Does he have the validity to win? Yes he certainly does. There is

quite a fight for the podium spots as well. One athlete on 150 points,

one on 140. Viviani... There are quite a few athletes who can take

the title here. It will come down to the last quarter of the race where

the attacks will come thick and fast.

He has started the racing very quickly! He certainly got Lasse

Hansen napping because he is just off either back at the moment, as he

goes down the back straight and Mark Cavendish lead the chase, has a look

around to see if there is some support, Prado of Mexico and

Monteiro Brazil were right on his wheel but not interested in doing a

turn at the front. It needs some canny riding now, you have to chase

to get back on terms with someone who can threaten you but if you do

that they can counterattack. A very canny bit of riding. This is a

courageous move from him, all or nothing really. Well, it might come

back to haunt him a bit. He is fully committed to this, using plenty of

energy about there. The chase is on behind him and everybody is starting

to share the pace, they've got themselves organised. He seems to be

pegged at about half a lap. It won't take much for him to make inroads,

it depends how much he is putting in right now. 154 laps remaining right

now. Boudat leads the rest of the field over the line with Lasse

Hansen, the defending Olympic champion, and Mark Cavendish also

prominent. Cavendish found himself at the front and quickly rode to the

front of the track, but Gaviria looks like claiming the points for

the first five laps. They modelled this race to see if they could find

trends and the chances of a first attack succeeding were extremely

small. Gaviria wants to put himself back in contention here. He is well

behind Lasse Hansen in the bronze medal position. If he takes these

points, which he almost certainly will now with one lap to go and

gains a lap,... So much can happen here, that is why we're saying Mark

Cavendish could win this race but any number of other can happen as

well. Over the line they come, Sprint one of the points race. It

will finish with Gaviria taking the five points, Cavendish two, Viviani

one. Cavendish was happy to sit on the wheel, he wanted to keep driving

to see if he could get a breakaway going and he has done that. He has

managed to get a bit of its Bridcutt -- split, probably not enough but

enough to bring Gaviria back into the fold.

Monteiro of Brazil on the front in the line fluorescent helmet. He has

had some great support from the crowd. The first track rider from

Brazil in the Olympic Games for 24 years. He qualified 18th in the

World Championships in London earlier this year but he has

performed considerably better so far on the Olympic Games. Perfect

incentive for a lot of attacking from riders who are out of

contention. They will not get the attention otherwise. This little

lull in the race seems quite handy for Gaviria to catch his breath

after the opening ten laps. It was an expensive few points. He had to

work harder. Some more attacks now. It the Ignacy Prado.

12-macro riders looking around on the front of the pack. Bobby Lee

from the United States leads the pack with Gaviria on his wheel. We

probably won't see the favourites chasing a move like this. They have

built up a buffer and you have to cash it in at some point. Even if

you have managed to gain a lap and points, you're still not catching

me. Prado and Artyom Zakharov on the front, Mexico and Kazakhstan. Mark

Cavendish having a look around. The Brazilian on his wheel. They have

sat up a little bit early. He will start his sprint when he gets around

into the back straight. Monteiro tries to start the sprint. Viviani

tries to go around the outside. He is forth now. Coming out over the

top of Mark Cavendish and maybe pipping him on the line. Viviani

timed that to perfection. Mark Cavendish picked up three points but

he will have lost a bit too Viviani. He was letting them play out. You

have to lose some battles to win the war. Cavendish cost some energy.

There is the confirmation, the Italian rider half a wheel ahead of

Cavendish. You can see it is all happening here. It is likely to be

all or nothing for Gaviria. Lasse Hansen has gone on the inside. He is

in the gold medal position. Kennett of New Zealand third. And just off

the podium is Lasse Hansen of Denmark. Lasse Hansen and Kennett

are very strong riders. If you let them get up the road, they will be

very difficult riders to bring back. Cavendish is comfortable. They have

soon come back together very quickly there. Chris Hoy, what have you made

of it so far from Mark Cavendish's point of view? A good start but

Viviani is looking ominous. Looking at the gap between them, it is 17

points at the moment. Viviani doesn't have to do anything, he just

has too respond. But still, one lap gained but it could be very

different. So much can change quickly. Lasse Hansen who won in

London four years ago wants to change things his way. He started

the competition so well and then had a disastrous elimination race last

night. He was the first rider to be eliminated and basically through

that event away and we thought put himself out of medal contention. He

is just off the podium in terms of points. He is trying to put himself

back into the top three. If his timing is right, he is looking to

gain a lap. He could get some points for consolation for being out on his

own, he could do with some company. There are some splits forming behind

him. Cavendish halfway back in the main field. Lasse Hansen will

collect five points for his breakaway. Viviani may have picked

Bobby leave. -- Bobby leave. He is chipping away, Viviani. Hansen

could be threatening Viviani. This one has got to be taken seriously.

He is a strong rider, he has shown that already. Mark Cavendish on the

front of the main field. Tim Veldt from the Netherlands now takes over.

Glenn O'Shea as well. There is our leader on the track, Lasse Hansen

from Denmark who has almost got half a lap on the main field. There is

quite a response coming. Artyom Zakharov from Kazakhstan has been

quite prominent at various times in this race. Cube hockey of Japan has

formed a trio but they are not gaining ground. Half a lap advantage

for Hansen. Viviani has chosen to ride very defensively. Hansen is not

giving ground. They charge and he takes a few more metres. The thing

about Hansen is he has bought his ticket now. Just three laps to the

next sprint now for Lasse Hansen. That will be tempered for his time.

He will be beginning to close in on Mark Cavendish who is still in

second place at the moment. That could be halved. They have all swung

up the banking which is perfect for Hansen. He has spotted what they

have done. Prado dived down the banking on the inside. Cavendish is

trying to get things moving. This could make life difficult for

Hansen. He was close to gaining the extra 20 points and now suddenly he

will be grasping for air and watching them disappear in the

distance. Viviani is marking Cavendish very closely. Hansen takes

the win but who will take second place? It is Cavendish. It is Thomas

Boudat third. Five for Denmark, three for Great Britain for

Cavendish. Overall, Viviani still leads. He is 16 points ahead of Mark

Cavendish is in second place. The secondary reason for Viviani to keep

marking Cavendish is if they breakaway does go, he has got an

ally, someone else with a vested interest in bringing him back. He

does not need to finish in front of Cavendish, he just needs to make

sure they don't get separated. Lasse Hansen is still plugging away. Roger

Kluge from Germany has gone off. The Pacers eased a little bit at the

back of the main field. Roger Kluge and Thomas Boudat will be a strong

group. Cavendish is desperate to get into one of these moves. Viviani has

closed it down and Cavendish has followed him. Meanwhile, Lasse

Hansen is still chasing hard and getting closer to the back of the

main field. This is quite some effort from him with 115 laps to go.

He has to draw level with the last rider of the large group. I feel

certain he will do that now. It is costing him. Roger Kluge is on the

front. Dylan Kennett leads the main field. Tim Veldt goes through on the

inside for the Netherlands. Now he has gained a lap, Lasse Hansen.

There he is joining the biggest main grip on the track. He has pushed

Mark Cavendish down to third position. Cavendish now in the

bronze medal position with some work to do. He is ten points behind

Hansen. Gaviria chasing after Roger Kluge here. It is another sprint

lap. There will be a sprint for the minor placings. Mark Cavendish will

be involved in that and he is well placed here. Roger Kluge takes the

five points. Five and three to Germany and Colombia. Cavendish

cleaning up some points with every sprint. He has gone on the attack.

Cavendish trying to catch them out. He is looking for some support. He

has gone down. Three riders have gone down. Viviani is down and Glenn

O'Shea is down. Cavendish is at the front. Viviani who is the gold medal

rider at the moment has hit the deck there. There was a collision

involving Mark Cavendish. We will see the replays. I think it was the

rider from career. I think Cavendish will get a warning for that. He

swung down. The Korean rider did not do anything wrong, I am afraid. What

drama here in the points race. Riders still down on the ground as

the main field go past them. Roger Kluge will make the junction as they

cleared things up, and so will Gaviria. O Shea from Australia back

on his bike. Still waiting to see Viviani get up. I think Park from

Korea is still on the ground. Viviani back in the peloton. It was

a very heavy fall. A hard, heavy fall but Roger Kluge from Germany

and Fernando Gaviria from Colombia have gained a lap. Gaviria was one

point behind Cavendish. Cavendish now being put under pressure from

Hansen who is ten points ahead of him in silver now has Gaviria ahead

of him. It is almost as if that fantastic racing we have watched has

been a starter for this one event. What an event, the medal places

changing all the time. The next sprint is to laps away with Mark

Cavendish in the Navy skin suit with the White helmet. Thomas Boudat is

right on his wheel. Dylan Kennett moving around the outside. Cavendish

could really do with scooping up the points in this sprint, sprint six of

16. He is on the Kiwi's shoulder now. He collects three points.

Cavendish consistently scoring here. Viviani deciding to give some points

away and stay fresh. The last 15 laps of this race is where he will

really be put under pressure. He is keeping fresh as they can for that

last quarter. And Chris Hoy, a race which is ebbing and flowing all the

time, and real drama with Mark Cavendish involved, even though he

was not the rider that ended up on the floor. It was not Mark's faults.

You could see him apologising to Viviani. Here is the crash once

again. Mark Cavendish swung down the track. Park Sang-hoon slid into

Glenn O'Shea, who clattered into Viviani. They were all on the floor.

Park Sang-hoon I am afraid is still on the deck. The race has been

neutralised. The yellow flag has come out. We look at that crash

again. It was not intentional but it was Mark's faults, I am afraid. He

may get a warning for that. I have no idea what injuries have befallen

the rider from Korea, but often it is collarbone or shoulder in crashes

like this. It was not on the ward, it was on the harder floor. Viviani

is OK, if a little frustrated. Mark Cavendish has clearly apologised for

what happened. But Park Sang-hoon, you can see he is still being

treated. He is on the stretch now. Let's hope that is merely

precautionary rather than anything else.

Everybody's getting a bit of a breather now. Handy for Viviani, at

least. Very different nature to the race with 99 laps till remaining.

The race being held at neutral eyes that the moment. It won't be

neutralised for much longer, because Park has been lifted up off the

ground, he's an stretcher, and they will be carrying him away from the

arena shortly. There is Fernando Gaviria. A reminder of the overall

standings, Viviani is the overall leader on 186, Hansen of Denmark

second and then Mark Cavendish in third place. Hansen on 182.

Cavendish on 175. But Gaviria very much a threat and other riders too.

If other riders can gain a lap, suddenly they come into the

reckoning for those 20 bonus points. The applause is for the rider from

Korea, who as you can see is in some severe discomfort, due to the

injuries received in that crash. He is leaving the field on a stretcher

and we wish him well and we hope that it's not as serious as it

perhaps appears. It looked like Suter Switzerland had had a slight

mechanical as well, you took the opportunity to get that sorted out

while the race was neutralised. The neutralised flag is coming in now,

the race will restart the next time around. Officials looking at the

track to see if there are any nicks on the track, dense or divots taken

out of the wood. There was one that was the size of a piece of paper,

they filled it up but no such this time around. This has changed the

complexion of it a bit here, not just because we've lost a rider but

other riders who put in big efforts have had chances to recover, I'm

thinking of riders like Hansen, who put in the big effort to gain a lap

and also Viviani who has the chance to recover from the crash and also

Gaviria, who has been active. It changes the shape of it, they have

almost reset as everybody has had a breather. A real bonus for those who

have been out on the attack. What does Mark Cavendish need to do, just

keep chipping away at the points? I think he would love to be on the

move, you can see him trying to make that happen all the time. Difficult

because of his position in the race. He needs a really hard race for the

fractures to appear and the favourites feeling so much pressure

that they can't do anything about it. Not ideal for him to move

forwards, but to hold his position. Cavendish on the attack. Trying to

instigate a move. Prado looks pretty keen. Five laps to go to the next

sprint and Cavendish very much alert and now he's going to go for it and

try and open it up and perhaps hope that someone can go with him, and

Roger Kluge, the German rider, does. Cavendish looks up and we'll be

happy to see it is Roger Kluge but he hasn't managed to go with him and

Roger Kluge is sitting up, Cavendish is as well and he is clean --

clearly keen to animate the race here and try and make it happen.

He's staring the pot to see what he can instigate, he knows that someone

has to launch the first one and won't succeed but he can be the one

to get it going. Gaviria for company and Roger Kluge as well but closed

down very quickly. There were two very good riders with him, Kluge and

Boudat. I think Dylan Kennett has a mechanical, he has pulled off the

track and stopped momentarily, he will be allowed to do that as long

as he read turns to the race, I think he may have a puncture. There

is Rod Elling worth, the coach from Great Britain, as the lap for the

next sprint comes up with the French rider at the front at the moment.

Gaviria in third. Cavendish boxed a little bit here, on the inside, may

be able to collect a point in this rent. Viviani third, fourth and

collecting one point is Cavendish. He was also just trying to score

himself some points, he is the superior sprinter in this group,

Cavendish, but just not able to get away and that is what has been

shaping this race, these lap gains. Hansen second on 182. Gaviria of

Columbia fourth just two points behind him. Still anybody's race. It

is after the sprints when you're most likely to see a breakaway as

people try to recover. A small group of four riders. Prado of Mexico, the

Japanese athlete and the Kazakhstan athlete. None of these riders

overall contenders. Cavendish keen to claw back the advantage held by

those four ahead of him. It's breaking up but not enough at all

and the gaps are just opening and closing. He's trying to create an

aggressive race, isn't he? I think he needs to leave one of the sprints

and sacrifice some points in order to get himself and opportunity for

an attack. Monteiro at the front and when the crowd realise it I'm sure

they will start to make a noise, they usually do when they realise he

is on the track. The Dutchman has not been able to perform at his

absolute best in this, this and so find neither has Glenn O'Shea, the

Australian at the front at the moment, certainly not by his own

high standards. Cavendish is on the podium at the moment but his lead is

just two points over Gaviria, said we have two not just see how he can

make some inroads on Hansen but keep looking over his shoulder and

Gaviria is a very wily rider. Gaviria looks pretty keen to animate

given half a chance and Boudat is another rider who looks to attack

given the opportunity. A lap and a half from the next sprint. There is

the overall situation. Cavendish on the podium at the moment in the

bronze medal position, but only just, as Prado makes a move. Two

laps to go until the next sprint, he's hoping to get that. Hansen has

decided he needs to get more points on the board to consolidate his

position and he's chasing him down. Cavendish could do with trying to

close that down because he won't want Hansen getting any further

ahead. Prado will take the points. Monteiro of Brazil's second. Here

they come towards the line and Hansen takes five, Cavendish three,

Bavaria two, and Kuboki of Japan takes one. He thinks about attacking

and keeping that going. That is what he has built up the leaves fall, so

he doesn't have too participate in every sprint. Just every now and

again he gets a couple more. This is the danger point for attacks. So, as

we have 78 laps to go, Chris Hoy, Mark Cavendish is still very much in

the mix here but it is anyone's race. It is indeed. I wonder if he's

just waiting for that moment when it's been really tough for a few

laps and there is potentially an opportunity to launch a massive

attack and try and gain a lap. He certainly isn't doing superbly on

the sprint. He didn't quite have the horsepower. Perhaps he's trying to

keep his powder dry a bit for later on. One big blistering effort for

him? You never know. You never know but you're absolutely right, this is

anybody's race at this stage. 76 laps to go, at the front is number

12, from Hong Kong, Leung Chun Wing, opened up a bit of an advantage but

it doesn't look decisive. They are already starting to those in on him

and Zakharov of Kazakhstan leads that chase with Hansen of Denmark.

Viviani, Hansen, Cavendish, Gaviria, they could all potentially win this

race and certainly the race for the podium is amongst those four.

Gaviria has worked do, a 22 point deficit at the moment. White and now

Mark Cavendish is at the front of the race, thinks about an attack,

looks around and sees who's with income he wants some good company

here. Roger Kluge looks like he might join him, he looks committed

to doing so and Zakharov, who we've seen trying to animate the race

already, does as well but the two of them move up the track back with

Cavendish now and the leading group are all back together. Bobby Lea of

the United States just off the back of the main field at the moment.

Tightly bunched on the track and tightly bunched in terms of the

medal positions and those challenging for them. I'm just

wondering whether pursuing points is the right strategy for Cavendish at

this point. It's certainly good if he wants to bolster his bronze medal

position but if he wants to have a shot at gold, it needs to be an

attack and he can't be the one that makes it, people will follow him, he

needs to be the one that follows. It could be something just like this!

Zakharov is trying to get on their wheel and Cavendish is on the wheel

of the Kazakis rider right now, on the sprint laps. Cavendish now

gaining ground on the two in front of him, will he be able to trot past

Viviani? Up towards the line and he throws his bike at the line there,

Cavendish. That was more like it and he's and truly in this race,

battling hard for the medals and the world champion, Gaviria, and Viviani

suddenly found they had exalted company and Cavendish takes all five

points on the line and he is only three points behind Hansen for the

silver medal now. Hansen couldn't do anything about that, I was wondering

if he was going to counterattack that Viviani very wisely took it

straight back down to the bottom of the track so nobody could fly by

underneath him and sure enough, Hansen is also trying to get a

breakaway. He's not faring well enough in these sprints and he

really feels under threat here from Mark Cavendish. 68 laps still to go,

Ignacio Prado from Mexico tries once again, with Dylan Kennett on his

wheel, with Roger Kluge in third place and Monteiro in fourth. Mark

Cavendish still very much in the mix for the medals here and he's in the

bronze medal position at the moment with excision of eight points. He's

really been closing that gap and he's not too far away now, only

seven points behind Viviani. If he keeps sprinting like he is he has

still got another six sprint ahead of him and the strategy he is

employing right now could well do the job and take him the gold medal,

providing nobody seriously gets away. He has to mark anything

potentially dangerous from getting away. Dylan Kennett was eighth, no,

he has got eight points so far, Dylan Kennett of New Zealand, on the

attack with Prado. 65 laps to go in this points race, the final race of

the men's omni. Can Mark Cavendish finally get an Olympic medal to go

with all the other wonderful achievements in his career? Those 30

Tour de France stage victories, that one day in the yellow jersey, the

World Championship Road race victory, the three rainbow jerseys.

As an Olympic champion on the track, an Olympic medal he is after and

still in with a good chance of getting one. He's currently in the

bronze medal addition, not out of the running for the gold possibly

but so much can happen in the closing laps of this race and we are

three laps away from the next sprint and Cavendish in the middle of the

field. So, now at the front is Suter from

Switzerland with Cavendish peeling up. There were two riders clear of

the pack so there could only be two points on offer for him next time

over the line. Everyone of these last six sprints has to be treated

like a finish because every one is going to count. I think Mark

Cavendish could well take the gold medal here.

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