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Brit cycling power couple's golden finale

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Jason Kenny celebrated his third gold medal of the Rio Olympics with a kiss from his fiancee.

Or maybe Laura Trott was simply celebrating her second.

Either way, British cycling's power couple capped another remarkable Olympics with Kenny's gold in the keirin and Trott's gold in the omnium.

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The medals gave their nation six golds and 11 overall during the track cycling program at the Olympic velodrome.

"It's amazing, obviously. I'm really happy for Laura," Kenny said.

Kenny now has six Olympic gold medals, matching retired cyclist Chris Hoy's British record, while Trott earned the fourth of her career to set a record among British women.

"I'm so proud at what I achieved," she said.

"I always thought how special London was. I went there without any expectations, so to win two golds was just incredible, and then I thought, 'How on earth am I going to top that?' We believed in ourselves, and in our team. It just started to snowball."

After Kenny's win in the kierin, Trott couldn't help but get teary-eyed when she walked onto the front stretch later to welcome her soon-to-be husband.

Kenny planted a kiss on her as cameras clicked around them.

Kristina Vogel of Germany at least slowed Britain down a little, beating Katy Marchant in the individual sprint semifinals and topping Becky James in the finals.

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James settled for silver, and Marchant came back to beat Elis Ligtlee of the Netherlands for bronze.

"It's not about beating the Brits," Vogel said. "Just to win an Olympic title is amazing."

Matthijs Buchli of the Netherlands took silver in the keirin and Azizulhasni Awang took bronze, while Sarah Hammer of the United States took omnium silver and Belgium's Jolien D'Hoore took bronze.

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