Olympics-Cycling-Trott dominant as she hammers omnium field (Reuters)
Britain’s Trott romped to victory in the women’s track cycling omnium on the Rio boards on Tuesday, leaving her rivals trailing in her tyre tracks and scrapping for podium places. In winning the multi-discipline, two-day event and beating American veteran Sarah Hammer by a massive 24-point margin, she matched her feat at London 2012 when her team pursuit and omnium titles made her the new golden girl of British cycling. Last week she led the team pursuit quartet to victory in a world record time, becoming the first British woman to win a total of three Olympic gold medals.