Laura Trott and Jason Kenny hit back at criticism of Team GB's cycling dominance
Team GB's golden couple Jason Kenny and Laura Trott have hit back at recent criticism of their "phenomenal" record at the Olympic Games.
Jason Kenny equaled Sir Chris Hoy's British record of six Olympic gold medals at the Rio velodrome on Tuesday evening.
Meanwhile his fiance Laura Trott became the first British woman to win four Olympic gold medals with success in the omnium earlier on the same day.
Every member of Team GB's Olympic cycling team has claimed at least one medal in Rio leading Australian track cyclist Anna Meares to question their record of peaking every four years.
In an interview with the Sydney Morning Herald, Meares said: "The British are just phenomenal when it comes to the Olympic Games.
"We’re all just scratching our heads going: 'How do they lift so much when in so many events they have not even been in contention in the world championships?'
"At the Olympic Games it seems like you’re just not in competition with that nation. So they’ve got it together, and to be honest I’m not exactly sure what they’ve got together."
Meares later rectified her comments on Twitter and said she didn't insinuate the British team "are cheating or doing anything suspicious".
Speaking to ITV News, Trott hit back saying British cycling was designed to succeed at the Olympics.
She said: "For British cycling we've always been an Olympic-based programme.
"We've always focused on the Olympics. It was never about world championships beforehand, it was always about this [the Olympic Games].
"Our programmes have been very much designed around this, and I think that makes such a huge difference compared to other countries."
Jason Kenny also defended Team GB's record, telling ITV News "success is always going to bring a bit of scepticism".
Sat alongside Trott with their gold medals, he added: "We've got a clear conscience and we know we've just worked really hard and we've got a really good team who've backed us all the way.
"It's one of those things - unfortunate, that's just part of sport.
"But we can't let it bother us, I think at the end of the day it's through the hard work of all the people around us and the riders themselves".