Rio 2016: Britain smash world record to win women's team pursuit
Britain smashed their own world record to win Olympic gold in the women's team pursuit in Rio on Saturday.
It was the third time in the space of 48 hours that the quartet of Katie Archibald, Laura Trott, Elinor Barker and Joanna Rowsell-Shand had set a new world mark in the 4km race.
The 2012 London Olympic champions beat world champions USA by more than two seconds in the final at the Olympic velodrome.
USA had briefly taken the world record in their morning semi-final but Britain, who first broke it on Thursday, improved on that in both their semi-final and final.
