Laura Kenny and Katie Archibald blew away the competition to write their names in history as the winners of the first ever Olympic women’s Madison.

It was a fifth career Olympic gold for Kenny, who surpassed Dutchwoman Leontien Zijlaard-Van Moorsel to become the most successful female cyclist in Olympic history as she took gold at a third consecutive Games.

The 29-year-old now has six Olympic medals – the same as Charlotte Dujardin – but has two more golds than Great Britain’s equestrian star.

Whatever happens next, history will record Kenny and Archibald as winners of the first ever Olympic women’s Madison.

“I’m looking forward to going home and seeing whether someone has updated the Wikipedia page!” Archibald added.

“Because you do look at the records, and the first one at the top is 1908 or whatever, and now it will be 2021 and we will be right at the top.

“People are going to have to scroll past Great Britain: Laura Kenny and Katie Archibald. And that is pretty cool.”