Victoria Pendleton wins gold

2:04 pm, Sat 04 Aug 2012

Straight up JETTING!: Jackson enamoured with GB cyclists

Hollywood actor Samuel L Jackson has a new-found admiration for British cycling, and we've got the tweets to prove it.

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9:29 pm, Fri 03 Aug 2012

Max Pendleton hails daughter's gold medal performance

Max Pendleton described his daughter Victoria's performance to take gold in the women's keirin as "staggering".

Victoria Pendleton celebrates after cycling gold win

Victoria Pendleton with her gold medal following the women's keirin. Credit: Press Association

Pendleton celebrates as she crosses the line at the velodrome at Olympic Park. Credit: Press Association

Victoria Pendleton raises the Union flag after her medal win. Credit: Press Association

7:33 pm, Fri 03 Aug 2012

Pendleton: 'I can't believe it'

It was really hard with the excitement of the great job the girls did qualifying with a world record and then the guys smash the world record and win a gold medal - I was just, like, 'Focus, Vic, focus. You've still got a race'. But it was so hard. I can't believe it.

Thank you so much to everyone who's helped me get here. The crowd have been fantastic and it really helped me today.

– Gold medalist Victoria Pendleton spoke to the BBC

7:28 pm, Fri 03 Aug 2012

Victoria Pendleton wins gold in women's keirin

Victoria Pendleton wins cycling gold medal in the women's keirin.

Great Britain has won another gold medal in cycling. Victoria Pendleton rode to glory in the women's keirin.

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7:26 pm, Fri 03 Aug 2012

Anna Meares finishes keirin in fifth

World champion Anna Meares made an early move as soon as the pace-setting bike went off the track, but Victoria Pendleton accelerated from one-and-a-half laps to go and took to the front before sensationally pulling away to claim her second Olympic gold.

Meares, of Australia, finished in fifth place.