JASON Kenny won his fourth gold medal in the men's team sprint at the Rio Olympics.

Kenny, Phil Hindes and Callum Skinner beat world champions New Zealand with a blistering time of 42.440secs.

The Team GB trio set a new Olympic record in the qualifiers and although they were slightly outside the time set by New Zealand in their second outing they did enough to ensure they would at least take the silver.

They beat the record once again in the final to collect Great Britain's third successive Olympic gold in the men's team sprint.

“We can't win the bloody worlds to save our lives, but we win the Olympics every time,” said Kenny.

"It's great to win four. Maybe I can win a few more during these Games.

“The Olympics are the biggest race, and it's great if you can win.

“The past four years haven't been easy. We believed in ourselves. We struggled in a few other races, but we finally got it right when it mattered.”

Britain's 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.

New Zealand's Ethan Mitchell, Sam Webster and Ed Dawkins, the world champions, had to settle for silver in 42.542secs, just 0.102 behind.

Bronze went to France in 43.143.

With the keirin and individual sprint still to come Kenny could yet add two more golds to his personal haul before the 2016 Games come to a close.