Laura Trott: GB dominance in Rio ‘a massive ask’

Laura Trott believes it will be no easy feat for Britain's cyclists to repeat the success of London and Beijing when they travel to Rio for the Olympic Games next summer.

Britain dominated on the track in both 2008 and 2012, finishing top of the medal table on both occasions and collecting a combined total of 26 medals.

But recent expeditions have been less fruitful for the British team with three silver medals at this year’s World Championships in Paris, their worst haul in more than a decade.

While those results might have tempered expectations for Rio, Trott does believe it has reinvigorated the country’s track stars.

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However, she is still aware that a repeat of previous Olympic hauls will be hard to come by.

Great Britain's Laura Trott (Reuters)

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"The Worlds were disappointing, but I think it's spurred us on," she told the BBC.

"A lot of people say that we're under pressure to perform after what happened in Paris and to try and back up what we did in Beijing and London, which is a massive ask.

"British Cycling have made it look easy and that makes people forget winning Olympic medals isn't easy, but I feel we're moving in the right direction."

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