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Jason Kenny and Callum Skinner reach Olympic sprint gold final

Jason Kenny, Rio 2016, Olympic Games
Image: Jason Kenny is on course for a fifth Olympic gold medal

Great Britain are guaranteed gold and silver in the Olympic men’s individual sprint after defending champion Jason Kenny and Callum Skinner cruised through to Sunday’s final.

Having qualified first and second fastest on Friday, the pair continued their domination of the event on Saturday by crushing the rest of the world in the last 16, quarter-finals and semi-finals.

Skinner is so far unbeaten in the competition after seeing off Australia's Patrick Constable in the last 16, China Xu Chao in the quarters and Australia's Matthew Glaetzer 2-0 in the best-of-three semis.

Callum Skinner, Rio 2016, Olympic Games
Image: Callum Skinner continued his outstanding form at Rio 2016

Kenny made slightly harder work of it, reaching the last four unscathed but then needing to come from 1-0 down to beat Russia's Denis Dmitriev 2-1.

The final will also be a best of three, with the first heat taking place at just after 9pm BST on Sunday.

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