Despite missing out on a gold medal at the Track World Championships for the first time in 14 years, Great Britain's technical director Shane Sutton is confident of a strong showing at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games. Acknolweding that gold medal success at the next Olympics "would not be easy", Sutton explained that the squad is on the right track.
"I know that we're competitive in probably seven medal events in track," Sutton told BBC Sport. "We raised the bar in this sport, and it's difficult to keep surpassing that."
"We're doing all in our power [and] we know we can lead these guys into a successful Rio. We know where we are and we know what's needed."
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Great Britain's three medals came in the team pursuits and women's omnium via Laura Trott. Down on last year's haul of one gold, one silver and two bronze medals in Cali.
"I think it's just a matter of us going back, looking at our detail, galvanising as a unit and driving this big juggernaut back into London and hopefully get a really good Worlds and bounce off that into the Games," Sutton added.
Missing from the Paris squad was Becky James, a two time gold medallist from the 2013 worlds, who continues to recover from a knee injury that also saw her miss the 2014 Commonwealth Games.
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