Great Britains Jason Kenny, Phil Hindes and Callum Skinner have won the gold medal in the mens team sprint at the Rio Olympics.Britains three-man, three-lap team sprint squad have a habit of peaking every four years and did so again as Kenny claimed his fourth Olympic gold.Britain have not won a world title in the discipline since 2005, but have now won gold at the 2008, 2012 and now 2016 Olympics.The British trio clocked 42.440 seconds, an Olympic record, to claim gold, just five months after finishing sixth in the world at the Track World Championships in London.Kenny said: It was all a bit of a surprise really. Weve been going quite well in training so we had a rough idea of what we could do but we surpassed that in that first ride when we set that Olympic record.At that point I thought we could run away with it like London but then New Zealand came back at us and set the benchmark. We just went into the final with nothing to lose.The team event is always the best no doubt about it. You get to win it with your mates and I remember that with Chris and Jamie in Beijing and then again in London. Its good to share it with your mates -- it can get a bit lonely winning on your own.We made it a priority to make sure Callum was on the back of us so we could protect him as much as possible. We knew he had it in him so Im not surprised that hes stepped up to be the best in the world. It all came together and were really chuffed. Today was pretty special and it was a good first day in the velodrome for all of us.Hindes added: It felt like a home Olympics with all the GB flags here and a bit like London. As a team weve come together in the last three months and have been working so hard since the World Championships. We were just desperate to win the gold medal. Weve missed out on so many World Championships so to win the Olympics again is just amazing.New Zealands Ethan Mitchell, Sam Webster and Ed Dawkins, the world champions, had to settle for silver in 42.542 seconds, just 0.102 behind.Bronze went to France in 43.143 seconds.The performance of the team sprint squad was something of a surprise.They came from nowhere to triumph four years ago in London, as Sir Chris Hoy claimed the fifth of his six Olympic golds, and repeated the trick in Rio after finishing a lowly sixth at Marchs Track World Championships in the English capital.Hindes, Kenny -- champions with Hoy four years ago -- and Skinner set an Olympic record in qualifying, but the standard was overtaken by New Zealand, who finished their first round in 42.535 seconds.However, the British trio won the duel for gold. Hindes was narrowly behind after his lap, but Kenny pushed the team in front and Skinner held on.It was the days only medal event, but there was further good news for Britain.Sir Bradley Wiggins, Ed Clancy, Steven Burke and Owain Doull qualified fastest in the four-man, four-kilometres team pursuit. They finished in 3:51.943. The world record, set in winning gold at London 2012, is 3:51.659.The first round and final take place on Fridays second day of action, where Wiggins is sure to be the focus.He had a dispute with commissaires on Thursday ahead of the qualification ride, when officials summoned him to measure his height.In the corresponding womens event, which resumes and concludes on Saturday, Laura Trott, Joanna Rowsell Shand, Elinor Barker and Katie Archibald advanced in a world record time, clocking 4:13.260. Bobo Wilson Jersey Store .Y. -- Jayna Hefford scored the winning goal Friday as Canada survived a scare with a 4-3 win over Sweden at the Four Nations womens hockey tournament. Lamonte Hunley Jersey Store . No. 13-seeded John Isner and No. 21 Philipp Kohlschreiber were among six players who dropped out of the tournament on Tuesday, joining No. 12 seed Tommy Haas and two other players who withdrew on Monday. https://www.chinacheapjerseys.net/will-herring-jersey-store/ . Vaives lawyer Trevor Whiffen claims the former 50-goal man wasnt provided with a copy of the claim beforehand and that he would not have agreed to the allegations made against the NHL had he been asked to review its contents. Paul Martha Jersey Store .com) - Richie Incognito has reportedly been admitted to a psychiatric care unit in Arizona. Don Wells Jersey Store . 4 Villanova with a 96-68 drubbing on Monday. Wragge hit 9-of-14 from behind the arc, matching Kyle Korvers school record for 3-pointers in a game set in 2003, as Creighton (16-3, 6-1 Big East broke a conference record with 21 treys in the rout. The first week of the finals are in the books as ESPNs NRL expert Brett Kimmorley casts his eye?over which teams have what it takes to win it all while laying down some hard truths on one of the top sides in his latest edition of Set of Six.Panthers are title challengersWhat an exciting team this Panthers side is to watch. They trailed 6-4 at halftime and in the second forty, you really got to see how many football options the Panthers have.?They play quite a lot of ad-lib football and because of that theyre going to be very damaging and very hard to stop in this years competition.Broncos are no one-trick poniesThe Broncos are usually a great defensive side and we often overlook just how good they can be in attack. They scored a whopping 44 points in a semi-final, which is a fair outcome and extraordinarily exciting for their fans.That performance should give them a lot of confidence going forward and put them in the right frame of mind to cause a potential upset against the Cowboys on Friday night.Sharks prove doubters wrong Nobody gave the Sharks any chance of defeating the Raiders on Saturday night - with Paul Gallen ruled out on the day of the game, Sam Tagataese missing and Wade Graham getting hurt 10 minutes into the match, it was amazing they were able to turn their form around.They were one of the sides that really limped into the finals and didnt carry great form into the match but on the back of a brilliant defensive effort and amazing resilience, I thought it was an incredible win.They say this time of year is a whole new competition and brand of football and the Sharks kindly reminded us why they went unbeaten for 16 matches in a row during the home-and-away season.Raiders cant win witthout AustinCanberra hooker Josh Hodgson went down with around 30 minutes to go during the game against the Sharks, and the Raiders looked completely void of attacking options.dddddddddddd Now with Hodgson in doubt for the remainder of the season, Canberra need Blake Austin and his return next weekend against Penrith couldnt come at a better time.There was more than enough in that game against the Sharks to suggest the Raiders shouldve won that game. Austin needs to play and if he doesnt, I cant see Canberra advancing any further in the competition unfortunately.Storm enjoy big-game pressureWe saw the Storms composure in a crucial round 26 game against the Cronulla Sharks, when they had a 16 from 16 completion rate at halftime. They just know how to control a match, grind a game out and they very rarely make mistakes.Against the Cowboys, I thought that was exactly how they won the game. They are the best in the competition at controlling the contest, behind Cameron Smith who controls the ship. If youre going to beat the Storm youve got to play the house down.?Refs need to quell influenceUnfortunately they have been the topic of conversation over the course of the weekend and have become the headlines out of a few games.Theyve made some howling decisions and one thing I have learned is that there will be mistakes unfortunately but it needs to become a much more consistent area.In an ideal world, I would love to have the referees removed from discussion over the next three weeks of football so that we can find out who the best team is without any potential controversies. ' ' '