Great Britain qualify fastest in the men's team sprint, Rio 2016 Olympic Games
The Great Britain trio of Philip Hindes, Jason Kenny and Callum Skinner set a new Olympic record on Thursday to qualify fastest in the men's team sprint and get the track competition off to the best possible start for the British squad.
They produced a technically perfect ride to finish 0.111 of a second ahead of reigning world champions New Zealand and over half a second faster than the Australians in third.
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