{"id":142302,"date":"2016-08-16T08:58:44","date_gmt":"2016-08-16T08:58:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/?p=142302"},"modified":"2016-08-16T08:59:05","modified_gmt":"2016-08-16T08:59:05","slug":"rio-2016-mens-sprint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2016\/08\/16\/rio-2016-mens-sprint\/","title":{"rendered":"Rio 2016 Men\u2019s Sprint"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Jason Kenny and Callum Skinner took Gold and Silver respectively as the British put in a stellar performance at the Olympic Velodrome.<\/strong><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The British have poured money into track cycling to cement their reputation as kings of the fixed wheel race &#8211; but they\u2019re not the only country investing in performance-improving technology.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BJAyeQfAX9q<\/p>\n<p>Pavel Kelemen represented The Czech Republic in the sprint and finished a respectable 14th &#8211; we recently wrote about the technology he was training with. Pavel was the first to admit that he was disappointed, and talking after his race Pavel told journalists that \u201cThe English dudes sent it into space\u201d.<\/p>\n<lite-youtube videoid=yujHphgqAUg params=\"enablejsapi=1\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi_webp\/yujHphgqAUg\/maxresdefault.webp');\"><\/lite-youtube>\n<p>It should be noted that if Jason Kenny wins the keirin it would mean that he\u2019s equalled Sir Chris Hoy\u2019s tally of six Olympic gold medals. And Kenny is still young enough that he could fight to retain his title in the Tokyo Olympics \u2013 home of the keirin. \u201cIf he can be bothered to get out of bed after Rio,\u201d as Sir Bradley Wiggins noted.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BJGJl5qgKPf<\/p>\n<p>Losing to Jason Kenny, who could go on to be Britain\u2019s most successful Olympian, shouldn\u2019t dishearten Pavel \u2013 but along with the rest of the world, The Czech Republic will need to rethink how they train their cyclists if they\u2019re going to replace Britain kings of The Olympic Velodrome.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jason Kenny and Callum Skinner took Gold and Silver respectively as the British put in a stellar performance at the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":142304,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4142],"tags":[],"global-categories":[],"class_list":["post-142302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ride2unite"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.3 (Yoast SEO v25.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Rio 2016 Men\u2019s Sprint - \u0160koda We Love Cycling<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Jason Kenny and Callum Skinner took Gold and Silver respectively as the British put in a stellar performance at the Olympic Velodrome. 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