:01:29. > :01:36.at's! Here they come, up to the line! Are, look at the time! It is
:01:36. > :01:43.a new world record! And Great Britain have won the gold medal! A
:01:43. > :01:47.faultless display there. They have beaten the Australians emphatically.
:01:47. > :01:53.Australia get the silver, and already, the celebrations are
:01:53. > :02:00.beginning to unfold. What a rider that was. Not a lot more you can
:02:00. > :02:10.ask. A gold medal and a world record, in the final in London. But
:02:10. > :02:12.
:02:12. > :02:18.today we are going to remember for that was something special.
:02:18. > :02:26.they have taken almost a second off the previous mark. Staggering.
:02:26. > :02:32.did rejig the tactics after the first round. AA great job. We have
:02:32. > :02:39.to protect Peter a bit more. Super, super strong in this competition.
:02:39. > :02:49.Darren Thomas, given the option in the last kilometre or -- deride it
:02:49. > :02:49.
:02:49. > :02:56.Thomas. Lagat the celebrations. -- looked at the celebrations. Look at
:02:56. > :03:00.the applause a growing around here, or round the arena. Thomas was in
:03:00. > :03:05.the team in Beijing, now he wins the Gold Medal again. Ed Clancy was
:03:05. > :03:09.also in the squad. They also are members of the winning team. That
:03:09. > :03:19.may once again confirm, Great Britain have won the gold medal,
:03:19. > :03:21.
:03:21. > :03:28.they are Olympic champions. As the Australians looked dejected,
:03:28. > :03:31.it is pure delight and relief for Great Britain. I would expect it
:03:31. > :03:39.they might have heard that roar in Manchester at the British Cycling
:03:39. > :03:49.Centre! That was incredible. It was the most incredible noise I have
:03:49. > :04:04.
:04:04. > :04:08.heard. They broke her own world record, they are dominant, they are
:04:08. > :04:12.the 2012 Olympic champions, and did you join us on BBC2 shortly, they
:04:12. > :04:22.will get there will earn two gold medals. Congratulations to the
:04:22. > :04:35.
:04:35. > :04:39.We have got to get our breath back after that. I knew it was going to
:04:40. > :04:46.be something special. But here is a chance to look at a few images of
:04:46. > :04:52.the British quartet. Such a well- drilled unit, all the numbers have
:04:52. > :04:59.been crunched in the dunes, all the technique perfected, and the final
:04:59. > :05:03.training in in Newport, it has all come to fruition. Also, there have
:05:03. > :05:07.got to be no egos, I said that several times, it is not about
:05:07. > :05:14.doing equal terms, licking the strongest, it takes a lot of
:05:14. > :05:21.courage to back off, very important that they do all that they can, not
:05:21. > :05:25.the same as everybody else. Thomas missed out on a spot, it could have
:05:25. > :05:31.been guaranteed in that Tour de France team, just to concentrate on
:05:31. > :05:36.that event. Fantastic to see him get this reward. This possibly
:05:36. > :05:40.going to be his last appearance, he wants to concentrate on the road.
:05:40. > :05:44.What a way to go out. The Australians have to be happy,
:05:44. > :05:51.because they couldn't have done any more today, they rode their hearts
:05:51. > :06:01.out. They certainly did. Joanna Rowsell, she is the leader her
:06:01. > :06:09.
:06:09. > :06:19.rider as we look at all the biter of a competition, and that is
:06:19. > :06:24.
:06:24. > :06:29.You are going off to your medal ceremony, but congratulations, how
:06:29. > :06:38.does it feel? Absolutely amazing, it is a team event, but we have to
:06:38. > :06:42.take our hats off, they read absolutely amazing. Congratulations,
:06:42. > :06:46.a double Olympic champion, I know you are under pressure to go and
:06:46. > :06:51.collect a gold, we don't want you to miss that, but tell us about
:06:51. > :06:56.that performance? That has been a lot of hard work. Yes, the amount
:06:57. > :07:00.of work we have had to put in. In November, we all at the track at
:07:00. > :07:04.7:30am, they stopped us going to a concert in November, they have been
:07:04. > :07:10.on our backs since then, it has been full on, to finish it off has
:07:10. > :07:18.been amazing. I was ill last week, mentally it has been really hard,
:07:18. > :07:22.without these boys, we couldn't have done it. The crowds, it was
:07:22. > :07:31.just unbelievable. My ears are ringing, it is too loud! Go and
:07:31. > :07:34.I think that is the only man in the hall of the Velodrome is thought
:07:34. > :07:42.that was too loud. What a remarkable moment for British
:07:42. > :07:47.cycling. I am lost for words. to it. You have got to rewind the
:07:47. > :07:52.clock, 2003, 2005, I'm talking today Brailsford every year, and
:07:52. > :08:00.every year it gets better. Four years ago I thought we would get
:08:00. > :08:05.some golds, he is amazing, whatever he is doing, it is just amazing. He
:08:05. > :08:10.is producing and producing. Once you create that momentum and that
:08:10. > :08:18.belief within the team, they have got the support staff around them,
:08:18. > :08:23.the management around it, even the young kids, we had two beginners in
:08:23. > :08:33.there, feeding off the senior guys in that team with that belief a. It
:08:33. > :08:34.
:08:34. > :08:39.You have got people on the track feeding from what you are doing on
:08:39. > :08:43.the road, and people on the road like you are feeding off from what
:08:43. > :08:52.people like Chris Hoy and Ed Clancy are doing on the track, it is like
:08:52. > :08:57.British cycling is so buoyant! Absolutely. It is just a knock on,
:08:57. > :09:02.not on, not on, you keep having to raise the bar, you cannot sit on
:09:02. > :09:10.one level. You have to keep pushing, keep pushing, keep getting the
:09:10. > :09:13.standards higher. You have both been involved in British Cycling in
:09:13. > :09:21.the Dave Brailsford era. These kinds of performances are not by
:09:21. > :09:26.luck. No, it is not, it is a lot of hard work. That is where I got my
:09:26. > :09:30.biggest improvements, at the end of my career. You break down the nuts
:09:30. > :09:33.and bolts of your life, you look at nutrition and dressed and every
:09:33. > :09:39.ounce of training and you try to improve all of those little
:09:39. > :09:44.elements -- nutrition and sleep. Everyone is perfecting everything.
:09:44. > :09:49.They are coming up with advances and technology as well, advances in
:09:49. > :09:54.coaching techniques which is moving us along. It was not that many
:09:54. > :10:00.years ago you would have gone below four in a pursuit, and look at it
:10:00. > :10:05.now, 3.5! I am not going to guess how it will be in the future, let's
:10:05. > :10:09.just keep getting better. If you were watching it and thinking, I
:10:09. > :10:14.was excited but surely Mark Cavendish, Sports Personality of
:10:14. > :10:19.the Year, who has won stages from the Tour de France, surely he did
:10:19. > :10:25.not get excited. Trust me, he was on his feet and shouting at the top
:10:25. > :10:33.of his voice. You were so impressed with Ed Clancy. Incredible, in the
:10:33. > :10:40.last kilometre. Like Peter Kennaugh said before, Steven Burke and Ed
:10:40. > :10:48.Clancy, they were all there to the last 500m. They were so it drilled
:10:48. > :10:52.tonight, they looked release moves. Ed Clancy is the most experienced,
:10:52. > :10:58.probably the best in the team pursuit in the world. Steven Burke
:10:58. > :11:05.missed out in Beijing and it is an incredible ride and I am super,
:11:05. > :11:10.super proud of them. Australia obviously lost a man at this point,
:11:10. > :11:16.but Great Britain making it look easy. Take us inside the body of a
:11:16. > :11:21.rider. Explain how much it would have been hurting. The first time
:11:21. > :11:26.it feels kind of easy. It is an event where you don't look for the
:11:26. > :11:32.effort, the effort comes to you and it can continue in a moment or
:11:32. > :11:37.gradually eased into you. You feel it in the last kilometres. I am
:11:37. > :11:44.sure with the crowd, you will feel that a lot less today because they
:11:44. > :11:49.were incredible. They only lost a man in the last 500m and held it,
:11:49. > :11:53.they held the world record the whole way through, bang on. It
:11:53. > :11:58.shows how a dedicated they have been this year. It shows had
:11:58. > :12:03.dedicated the coach has been. They have got it absolutely spot on
:12:03. > :12:08.perfect. As you walk into this corner of the velodrome, there is a
:12:08. > :12:14.huge banner that says "inspired a generation" and it is these
:12:14. > :12:19.performances that are doing just that. Absolutely. When I was
:12:19. > :12:24.grubbing up looking at Steve Reed Drake and Daley Thompson -- Steve
:12:24. > :12:28.Redgrave. And now it is cycling. I never would have thought that. I
:12:28. > :12:32.hope it produces more cyclists in the future. At home, you might see
:12:32. > :12:38.these guys are achieving this excess but we still need in flux
:12:38. > :12:44.and people coming in. Get on your bike, basically! You could be
:12:44. > :12:50.Britain's future hopes! Give Mark a couple of more years though! Don't
:12:50. > :12:54.worry, you are fast enough! It is not just about inspiring a
:12:54. > :12:59.generation and people at home, it is about inspiring the rest of
:12:59. > :13:03.British sport. We have spoken about marginal gains. They have the
:13:03. > :13:08.secret squirrel Club working on every tiny thing to do with the
:13:08. > :13:15.technology on the bike and the helmet and the outfits and that is
:13:15. > :13:20.it really important part of this excess. Yes, it is structured
:13:20. > :13:24.almost like a business. Every detail is seen to. A lot of the
:13:24. > :13:29.other performers directors in other sports come to see Dave, he is
:13:29. > :13:33.probably the most in-demand performance director in the country.
:13:33. > :13:38.He is a great motivational talk of. I was speaking to Chris Boardman
:13:38. > :13:43.before, he spent so much time away from his family working with his
:13:43. > :13:48.bikes, the guys he was working with, the mechanics learning how to fix
:13:48. > :13:56.them and put them together. The staff are incredible. They work so
:13:56. > :14:00.hard. I imagine Chris Boardman was a rather emotional man during that.
:14:00. > :14:08.He knows what it is like to write during this sort of thing. Special
:14:08. > :14:12.scenes. As emotional as it was for Chris Hoy last night, but we are
:14:12. > :14:18.not done for the evening. We still have got Victoria Pendleton to come
:14:18. > :14:23.in the keirin. It keeps on rolling. It does. Hopefully Victoria can
:14:23. > :14:27.keep the wheels rolling and we can bring another medal home. She will
:14:27. > :14:32.take them energy from what these guys have just done. It will instil
:14:32. > :14:38.a bit of extra belief in Victoria. I am sure she is super-confident
:14:38. > :14:42.right now. The coaches will have reflected on her last performance.
:14:43. > :14:50.They will let her know that she is on form and ready to go, and bring
:14:50. > :14:54.it on. At this point you just want to keep it over and get it over.
:14:54. > :15:00.The carpenters have banked 300,000 nails into the floorboards to build
:15:00. > :15:05.this, and they did a good job. Congratulations once again to Team
:15:05. > :15:12.GB. We are about to stand for the national anthem. The medals will be
:15:12. > :15:19.presented by his Royal Highness, crowns Prince Frederik of Denmark.
:15:19. > :15:25.We are almost ready to have the medals presented. Prince Frederik
:15:25. > :15:35.of Denmark will be giving the medals. The flowers will be
:15:35. > :15:43.
:15:43. > :15:50.presented by the vice-president. Of The winners of the bronze medal of
:15:50. > :16:00.a team of New Zealand. They replicate their finishing position
:16:00. > :16:09.
:16:09. > :16:12.Their winning time of for the bronze medal, a 3.50 9.52. They
:16:12. > :16:21.also third in the world championships earlier this year in
:16:21. > :16:31.Melbourne. It was a very, very good contest indeed between New Zealand
:16:31. > :16:46.
:16:46. > :16:56.and Russia for that third place on So New Zealander are crowned the
:16:56. > :17:07.
:17:07. > :17:17.The winners of the silver medal of a team of Australia. -- are the
:17:17. > :17:21.
:17:21. > :17:25.Try as they might, they had no answer to the flying British team.
:17:25. > :17:30.In the World Cup earlier this year on the boards, they beat Great
:17:30. > :17:36.Britain, we went to the World Championships in Melbourne in April,
:17:36. > :17:41.and Great Britain turned the tables to win at the Crown. 0.1 of a
:17:41. > :17:46.second separated them. And now Australia have been beaten again
:17:46. > :17:56.into the silver medal position. The margin of difference here is much
:17:56. > :18:09.
:18:09. > :18:16.Australia, winners of the silver The gold medal winners and Olympic
:18:16. > :18:22.champions are the team of Great Britain! Ed Clancy, Steven Burke,
:18:22. > :18:28.Geraint Thomas and Peter Kennaugh. And the first man to receive his
:18:28. > :18:31.gold medal is Ed Clancy, the start off Rider, second time he has
:18:31. > :18:36.received two the gold medal for this event and the second time for
:18:36. > :18:41.Geraint Thomas as well, they are the surviving two from the squad
:18:41. > :18:46.from Beijing. Steven Burke got a bronze in Beijing, now he gets a
:18:46. > :18:51.cold to the team pursuit, and finally, the Manx man, Peter
:18:51. > :18:59.Kennaugh, get his gold as well. Let me remind you, it was a world
:18:59. > :19:02.record, astonishing time. Three minutes, 51.59 seconds. Now the
:19:02. > :19:12.flowers being presented to conclude the official part of the
:19:12. > :19:24.
:19:24. > :19:33.Great Britain, gold medal winners Ladies and gentlemen, please stand
:19:33. > :19:43.for the national anthem of Great British National Anthem - "God Save
:19:43. > :20:22.
:20:22. > :20:28.Ladies and gentlemen, the Olympic medallists! So great Britain
:20:28. > :20:35.conquer the opposition it in a riveting contest. They personifies
:20:35. > :20:40.the ultimate class throughout all three rounds. Stellar performance,
:20:40. > :20:50.well done, boys. Ed Clancy, Geraint Thomas, Steven Burke and Peter
:20:50. > :20:52.
:20:52. > :21:02.Kennaugh. So Britain's fruit Paul Hall continues. Just wondering how
:21:02. > :21:13.
:21:13. > :21:19.many gold medals we are finally A full house, and we have still got
:21:19. > :21:24.another final to go, where Victoria Pendleton will be out to try and
:21:24. > :21:31.achieve the same podium position as these four lads. Come on, lads,
:21:31. > :21:36.give us a smile! The Aussies are trying to give us a smile. What a
:21:36. > :21:46.pity the individual pursuit was taken out, the blue Riband event
:21:46. > :21:49.
:21:50. > :21:53.So they leave the podium, the Kiwis leading off it. The gold medal
:21:53. > :21:58.winners, Great Britain, in the middle, I'm sure there might be a
:21:58. > :22:04.slight celebration tonight. Australia with the silver. The
:22:04. > :22:09.enthralling contest lived up to its reputation, and it was the Great
:22:09. > :22:19.Britain with its emphatic display that won the gold medal in a new
:22:19. > :22:22.
:22:22. > :22:26.Well done indeed, they should be proud indeed of those gold medals,
:22:27. > :22:30.which I am sure will be put somewhere very special.
:22:30. > :22:35.Congratulations to Australia, really bring the fight to Great
:22:35. > :22:41.Britain, but just falling short. Once again the Velodrome a
:22:41. > :22:47.reverberating to the national anthem. We have asked a question,
:22:47. > :22:52.how much faster can you go? They will be saying, I want to go faster,
:22:52. > :22:57.harder why do that? Are it is a very good question. I think it is
:22:57. > :23:01.just beliefs. If you believe you can go faster, you work hard enough,
:23:01. > :23:07.you will do it. Obviously, with advances in technology and training,
:23:07. > :23:11.but you have got to believe in it, too. Give us your thoughts, if you
:23:11. > :23:16.were to return to the track and return to the Olympics in Rio, team
:23:16. > :23:26.pursuit would be the events you have to ride in. Is this not
:23:26. > :23:26.
:23:26. > :23:33.persuading you? Absolutely, it is an incredible thing on the track, a
:23:33. > :23:39.great family, to be part of that, we just inspire each other, build
:23:39. > :23:44.on the confidence. I thought maybe we would see a sub 3.50 ride it
:23:44. > :23:49.this games, but I guess we will have to wait for Rio! Will not have
:23:49. > :23:53.to wait too much longer, will we? Let's just take a look at these
:23:53. > :23:58.scenes, I have to let you know we are about to be joined by viewers
:23:58. > :24:03.on BBC One, they will be joining us to see a Victoria Pendleton ride
:24:03. > :24:08.for gold in the keirin final against her long term it nemesis,
:24:08. > :24:18.Anna Meares. Please do tune across now and join us on BBC One, where
:24:18. > :24:22.
:24:22. > :24:26.Welcome to the Olympic Velodrome here, you may have -- it may have