In one phrase, petite Laura Trott, Essex girl and now double Olympic champion, became the embodiment of British Cycling. ‘Once I got that winning feeling that was it, I really didn’t want to not win,’ she said.

When I started cycling, Laura Trott was the Under 12 national champion and I was good friends with her older sister Emma. I remember telling Emma I'd heard how good she was.

Just over a year ago, Laura Trott was a promising youngster who thought she would get her chance at an Olympics in 2016. Today the twenty-year-old is the proud owner of TWO Olympic gold medals.

The blonde 5ft 4in cyclist from Cheshunt, Hertfordshire is lucky to be alive after she was born a month prematurely suffering from a collapsed lung.

They are the new king and queen of the track cycling. And it seems Laura Trott and Jason Kenny are ready to rule Britannia together for many years to come.

57% of people say music significantly helps them train, and Don't Stop Me Now by Queen is the most popular workout track, particularly among women.

Laura Trott is as happy as it is possible to be. She has the Olympic rings painted on to her fingernails, a smile to illuminate the room and two, large gold medals hanging around her neck.

The 20-year-old double Olympic gold medalist (pictured) had a bike hooked up to a turntable on her appearance at Radio 1 yesterday. She cycled 33rpm to play Lady Gaga's hit Poker Face.

Newlyweds Jonathan Ball, 27, and Kirsty-Louise Storey, 21, tied the knot on Saturday in a hotel which was also being used by the gold medal winner (centre) for a photo-shoot.

With over a third of Team GB's medals brought home by women, this summer really was the season of girl power. And although the Olympics are over, the great girls of the Olympics are still enjoying every second.

Laura Trott will be looking to repeat her London Olympics triumph over Sarah Hammer as she bids to complete a Track Cycling World Championship double in Minsk on Sunday afternoon.

The London 2012 medallist has teamed up with First Choice to launch a holiday cycling scheme aimed at children whose parents are too busy to teach them.

The London 2012 champion said accidents involving cars and cyclists 'aren't always the car's fault'.

The star athlete, 21, revealed that Wiggins inspired her cycling career in an interview to promote a new initiative aimed at getting children to achieve.

After being named in the Team England cycling-squad bound for the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow – double Olympic champion Laura Trott is determined to write the wrongs of Delhi four years previously.

London 2012 double Olympic champion Laura Trott set aside her anxiety to win the first of six disciplines in the women's omnium on day two of the Track Cycling World Cup in London.

Two years after starring at the London Olympics in 2012, Laura Trott and Jason Kenny have announced they are getting married.

The 22-year-old tweeted: 'Merry Christmas everyone :) I've had the most amazing couple of days thanks to @JasonKenny107 and the whole family #engaged X'

Joanna, who suffers from alopecia, is getting set to tie the knot with her accountant fiance, Dan Shand.

The golden cycling couple went to the couples-only Ocho Rios in Jamaica for a well-earned break from their training. The pair announced their engagement over Twitter last December.

With the Rio Olympic Games just around the corner, Sir Chris Hoy - the most decorated Olympic cyclist of all time - has picked out his top 10 British athletes to watch out for.

Hero cyclist Laura Trott has become the most successful female British Olympian of all time after claiming her third gold medal in the women's team pursuit.

MATT LAWTON IN RIO: Laura Trott had said she rather liked the sound of being Britain’s greatest female Olympian last week and a challenge to her status was met with a swift, sensational response.

Team GB will be targeting another clutch of medals as the Olympic Games enters its 11th day in Rio. Join Sportsmail's LUKE AUGUSTUS for all the action from Brazil as it happens.

MATT LAWTON IN RIO: Little more than an hour after Trott, re-established herself as Great Britain’s most successful female Olympian, Kenny stood shoulder to shoulder with Sir Chris Hoy.

Cyclist Laura Trott, 24, has spoken in support of her sister after accusations from the public that Emma Trott was 'jealous' and 'bitter' over her sibling's Olympic win.

Speaking on ITV's Good Morning Britain today, Emma Trott, the older sister of four-time Olympic gold medallist Laura seemed underwhelmed by her 24-year-old sibling’s achievements.

Over the last two weeks the Olympics have provided moments of brilliance, joy and excitement across 28 sports in Rio. Sportsmail brings you the best 50 images from the games...

Cycling champion Laura Trott looked deserving of a fashion medal as she walked the red carpet earlier this evening with her new husband Jason Kenny at the Pride of Britain Awards.

Laura Kenny (formerly Trott) will race in the Revolution Cycling Champions League at the Lee Valley VeloPark in London, formerly the Olympic Velodrome, on December 2 and 3.

Laura Kenny will return to competitive cycling just over six months after having her first child. The four-time Olympic champion announced the arrival of their son Albert in August last year.

Laura Kenny's dream of winning three gold medals at the Tokyo Olympics is in doubt after she was declared only fit enough to race in one event at next week's track cycling World Championships. 

The only Paris terrorist still at large, Mohamed Abrini, visited Britain and took potential reconnaissance pictures of a football stadium. He made the trip in July, just four months before Paris attacks.

In 2014, four people were killed in a deadly attack in Brussels, in 2015 a staggering 267 people were slain in atrocities across the continent and so far, in 2016, 172 have died in terrifying attacks.

Rocco Wright, three, drowned after he was reportedly found face down at the bottom of a David Lloyd club's pool on Saturday in Leeds.

PETER SCUDAMORE: Despite big weight, dual winner Tiger Roll must surely go close to landing a Grand National hat-trick in Saturday's virtual race, but KIMBERLITE CANDY is my bet.

Leading athletes from Team GB have taken the extraordinary step of launching legal action against the British Olympic Association over 'ridiculous' marketing rules.

RIATH AL-SAMARRAI: Sir Mo Farah has put the brakes on his marathon career to target a fifth Olympic 10,000m gold in Tokyo next summer.

The British Olympic Association have said they are 'dismayed' by the legal challenge being pursued by a group of leading athletes against their marketing rules and have issued a robust comeback.

Tokyo 2020 organisers have been forced to act in the face of serious warnings over the risk to the athletes in summer temperatures that regular exceed 35 degrees and 80 per cent humidity.

Mo Farah insists he will be prepared to race at the rescheduled Olympics next year. The Tokyo Games were postponed last week due to coronavirus.

Tom Cruise is fully back to work on production of Mission: Impossible 7 after the blockbuster was forced to halt production in Italy and relocate to the UK due to the global coronavirus pandemic.

Britain is in for warm weather over the coming August Bank Holiday long weekend as temperatures are forcasted to soar up to 30C with the warm spell expected to last through into September.

After around 27C today, the Met Office forecasts a showery 21C Monday before widespread sunshine from Tuesday as highs climb back to 25C from Thursday for the weekend.

Bring some sunshine to your spring wardrobe with arty splashes of colour and pretty, notice-me prints

The horrific murder of 14-year-old Breck Bednar by an online predator shocked the nation - So is it possible to move on from such unimaginable loss?

Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun, who fled Saudi Arabia for Canada last year, shared the before-and-after pictures of herself in a niqab and then a bikini on her Twitter account last month.

Henry Cole, the first director of the V&A, wanted the museum to be a 'schoolroom for everyone'. If the V&A is the schoolroom then this is the textbook.

This fabulous book features all your favourite canine actors, with delightful 'behind the scenes' commentary alongside images from classic films.

Combining myth and science, this breathtaking book explores our obsession with the sky.