British riders Jason Kenny and Callum Skinner set the first and second fastest times in the men's sprint qualifying round at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games on Friday.
First Skinner broke the Olympic record with a time of 9.703, before last man off, world champion Jason Kenny obliterated the field and set a new Olympic mark of 9.551 seconds.
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