After his gold medals in the team and individual sprint events, Kenny came into the keirin as overwhelming favourite to claim victory and duly made comfortable progress through the early rounds.

The final would prove anything but comfortable, as Kenny avoided disqualification having appeared to have overtaken the derny bike as it came off the track, which saw the race halted for a lengthy period while the footage was viewed.

Racing was stopped again after Germany’s world champion Joachim Eilers made the same infringement, but also avoided being penalised.

After the long disruption, both riders aimed to make the most of their reprieves as Eilers led out a powerful sprint, but Kenny powered over the top on the final bend to move through to win his third gold of the Games.

The Netherlands' Matthijs Bucli came through to take the silver, with Malaysia’s Azizulhasni Awang winning the bronze.

"It's surreal I suppose, it always is,” said Kenny, after drawing level with his former team-mate Hoy on six golds and one silver medal.

“Every one is special as it has its own memory."

“At my first Olympics in Beijing I knew we had something special to build on.

“We did so well in Beijing, we matched in it London.

“We never thought we'd get anywhere near it here, but we've turned up and done the business again."

Kenny’s fiancée Trott cruised to her second gold medal of the Games - and a record fourth overall for a British women - after a dominant performance in the omnium.

The 24-year-old won three of the first five events, finishing second in the other two, to build a 24-point lead over her closest rivals heading into the concluding points race.

With the large deficit, the United States’ Sarah Hammer and Belgium’s Jolien D’Hoore were resigned to battling for the minor medals, with the duo finishing on 206 and 199 points respectively.

Trott, with her winning total of 230, achieved the successful defence of both her titles from London 2012, having also won the team pursuit earlier this week.

There was further British success in the women’s individual sprint, but it would not be another gold, with Germany’s Kristina Vogel triumphing in the final.

She defeated keirin silver medallist Becky James in straight rides, with the second race of their contest being decided when the German lunged to the line for a narrow win.

James’ team-mate Katy Marchant won bronze for Britain by beating Dutch keirin gold medallist Elis Lightlee in straight rides.

This meant that every British track cyclist to have ridden at Rio 2016 had come away with a medal, with the nation topping the velodrome medal table for the third straight Games on six gold, four silver and one bronze.