Sir Chris Hoy wins historic gold in cycling

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Sir Chris Hoy received congratulations from Sir Steve Redgrave after winning a British record sixth Olympic gold with victory in the men's keirin.

Hoy and Laura Trott won their second gold medals of the London 2012 Olympics as Britain equalled their Beijing track bounty of seven wins from 10 events - but there was no golden goodbye for Victoria Pendleton.
Hoy won the final event of the London track programme with a stunning triumph in the men's keirin to surpass Redgrave's record haul of gold medals, with the rower giving the 36-year-old a warm embrace in recognition of the achievement.
It was Hoy's seventh Olympic medal in all - drawing level with Bradley Wiggins' British record - and the 36-year-old was in tears as he received his medal and stepped on to the podium before a partisan capacity crowd.
The Scot does not expect to go in search of more in Rio de Janeiro in four years' time, but admits the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow at the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome in 2014 would be a "dream ending".
He told BBC1: "I'm 99.9% sure I won't be competing there in Rio.
"How can you top this? This is phenomenal.
"Glasgow? That's another question.
"If I can keep going to Glasgow that would be a dream ending for me but when you get to my age you can't look too far ahead, you have to focus on the here and now."
On his keirin victory, he said: "I'm in shock. You try to compose yourself and try to be able to take it all in but this is surreal.
"This is what I always wanted. I wanted to win gold in front of my home crowd.
"I've done the team sprint, I saw Jason (Kenny), the team pursuit girls, the team pursuit boys, everyone stepping up to the plate, Laura (Trott), and I just wanted to do my bit for the team as well.
"Thankfully it worked out."
Trott won the women's omnium as the duo joined Kenny in becoming double gold medal winners in London.
But Pendleton was denied a final flourish as perennial rival Anna Meares of Australia claimed sprint gold with a dramatic 2-0 win over the Briton.
Pendleton's overriding emotion was that of relief at the end of her stellar career.
She told BBC1: "I'm just so relieved right now. I've been a bit overwhelmed with emotion.
"I would have loved to have won on my final race but I'm just so glad that's it all done and I can move on."
She also paid tribute to Meares, who has been her main adversary throughout her career, and it was perhaps fitting that she bowed out against the Australian.
"I'm glad that it got to that stage," Pendleton said. "I think she's the best rider in the field and it's the way that it should have been.
"Everything turned out right with Anna and myself in the final. She's a fantastic competitor, we've met many a time, and I wish her all the best but I'm very glad to be saying that's the last time I have to go through that."
Pendleton was denied a ride-off for gold in the team sprint after officials ruled an illegal changeover had occurred in between her and Jess Varnish.
She was victim of the officials once more in the first bout of the best-of-three final.
She added: "I was really annoyed because I'm sure that she touched me and it caused me to move up.
"I can't believe, twice in one competition, I've been disqualified and relegated, it's unheard of. It's a bit of a surprise, it did knock my confidence a bit I must say."
While Pendleton missed out on a British record, Hoy secured his.
Hoy added: "I can't express the feeling that I'm having right now, it's just unbelievable, it's the most amazing feeling.
"This is the perfect end to my Olympic career, I look back four Games ago to Sydney and I was just over the moon to have a silver medal.
"If I'd stopped then I'd have been a happy boy but to have gone to Athens, Beijing and to here, I can't put into words what it means.
"There's no way I could have done it without the support team we've got here. This is very much a team effort and I'm literally just the one person you see at the top of the pile. There are 100 guys working away in the background that don't get the credit.
"I think people see the final polished product of the British team and they think we must be super confident, we must win all the time it must be easy for us, it's anything but.
"There have been some really difficult moments and to get through them all and succeed here, it's just one of the greatest feelings I've ever had."