Great Britain's Jason Kenny and Laura Trott pose with their golds
Britain’s Olympians brought home another 11 medals on Tuesday, including three golds, to take their tally in Rio to 50 as Jason Kenny and Laura Trott swept aside all before them in the velodrome.
Kenny equalled Sir Chris Hoy's British record of six Olympic titles having claimed victory in the keirin, after his fiance Trott had become the most successful female British Olympian in history after completing a dominant win in the omnium.
Confirmation of Giles Scott's gold in the men's Finn sailing brought Team GB's gold tally for the Games to 19, with another due to follow as long as Hannah Mills and Saskia Clark make it home safely in the women's 470 medal race on Wednesday.
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See how Jason Kenny equalled Sir Chris Hoy's record of six Olympic gold medals by winning the keirin at Rio 2016
Kenny and Trott were the stars of the final day in the velodrome, though, as Britain continued its dominance of track cycling.Trott won three of the omnium's six races and finished second in two of the others as she stormed home to claim her fourth Olympic gold medal and second of these Games, having already triumphed in the team pursuit on Saturday.
Amy Tinkler (right) secured bronze in the floor exercise
The 24-year-old from Harlow joins an illustrious list of British Olympians to have won four golds as she moved alongside Sir Ben Ainslie and Sir Matthew Pinsent on that mark.
Kenny nearly missed out on his sixth Olympic crown after almost being disqualified for racing past the pacemaking electric-powered derny bike before eventually being given a reprieve.
He duly made the most of it to race past the field on the final lap, a result which leaves him just one medal behind the British record of eight set by Sir Bradley Wiggins, on Friday.
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Laura Trott is now Britain's most successful female Olympian after winning her fourth gold medal, retaining her Omnium title
There was also British success in the women's sprint event, where Becky James won silver and Katy Marchant took bronze.
In the Maria Lenk aquatics centre, Jack Laugher added 3m springboard silver to the gold he won in the men's synchronised version of the same event earlier in the Games.
The 21-year-old only qualified for the final in last place after an indifferent afternoon session, but came to the fore when medals were on offer.
Josh Buatsi (right) picked up a bronze, despite losing to Adilbek Niyazymbetov in the light-heavyweight boxing
Team GB's Joe Joyce is guaranteed at least a bronze medal in the super-heavyweight category of the boxing, after winning a one-sided contest against Bakhodir Jalolo of Uzbekistan.
Next up for Joyce is a semi-final showdown on Friday with Kazakhstan's Ivan Dychko.
British light-heavyweight Joshua Buatsi's Rio journey is at an end after he was beaten by Kazakhstan's Adilbek Niyazymbetov on points, although he had a bronze to show for his efforts.
But the standard of judging in Olympic boxing again came into question afterIreland's Michael Conlan was beaten by Vladimir Nikitin of Russia in the quarter-final of the men's bantamweight 56kg.
Meanwhile, Amy Tinkler and Nile Wilson took Great Britain's gymnastics medal tally to seven as they secured bronze medals.
Tinkler, just 16, took third place in the women's gymnastics floor exercise and was followed a few moments later by Wilson's bronze on the men's high bar.
On the track, Usain Bolt and Justin Gatlin are safely through to the semi-final of the men's 200m after they came through their heats in the afternoon session.
Three more golds were dished out in athletics in the evening, with Canada's Derek Drouin clearing 2.38m to win the men's high jump competition.
Britain's Robbie Grabarz missed out on a medal in the high jump
Britain's Robbie Grabarz - a bronze medallist at London 2012 - had to settle for fourth.
Laura Muir was seen as a medal prospect in the women's 1500m final, but after moving up to third with less than a lap to go, she was chased down in the closing stages and came home seventh, with Kenya's Faith Chepngetich Kipyegon leading them home.
In the final medal contest of the day, Jamaica's Omar Mcleod looked impressive in claiming men's 110m hurdles glory in a time of 13.05secs, with Team GB's Andrew Pozzi and Lawrence Clarke having been knocked out at the semi-final stage.
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