Jason Kenny gave Great Britain its 12th cycling medal of the Olympic Games with his gold medal ride in the men's keirin, but his victory almost never came to be when the judge fired a gun signalling a violation of the rules during the final.
In the keirin, a derny driver brings the six men up to speed and then pulls off the track to let the powerful sprinters battle for the next 600m. One important caveat - the riders cannot pass the derny before it pulls off the track or they will be disqualified.
Kenny attacked with Azizulhasni Awang (Malaysia) heading into turn three just as the derny began its exit and immediately the gun went off.
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Iain Dyer, Great Britain’s head coach, dashed to the judges.
"Normally if they fire the gun and stop the race riders get DQ'd, game over," Dyer said according to the Telegraph.
In the tense minutes that followed, it emerged that the Olympic Games velodrome had not been equipped with a camera at the point of the derny's exit, and lacking a photo finish of the moment showing that Kenny's front tyre overlapped the derny's rear tyre, the judges were convinced the move was too close to call.
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