Laura Kenny at the Rio Olympics. Photo: Graham Watson
Four-time Olympic Games gold medallist Laura Kenny has won the 2016 Sunday Times Sportswoman of the Year award.
Kenny claimed gold medals in the multi-discipline omnium and team pursuit events in Rio de Janeiro at the 2016 summer Games – successfully defending both titles from 2012 – and is now Britain's most decorated female Olympian in history.
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