Trott took gold in the under-23 scratch final and the individual pursuit, whilst John Paul took gold in the junior men's keirin and the junior sprint.

Trott also enjoyed success in the women's team pursuit alongside Dani King and Katie Colclough, registering a time of 3min 22.222sec to finish ahead of her rivals, while the men equalled the feat in the same event as Owain Doull, Jonathan Dibben, Sam Lowe and Joshua Papworth took gold.

Doull took his second gold in the omnium individual pursuit, with Dibben finishing first in the men's individual pursuit.

Becky James and Jess Varnish took gold in the women's team sprint, and King added to her team pursuit success with gold medals in the individual pursuit and 500 metre TT.

Lucy Garner won the junior women's omnium 500m TT but just missed out in the scratch on a medal.

The junior women's team sprint won silver in their face off against Russia, and Britain picked up a number of silver and bronze medals to round off an impressive competition for Team GB.

Shane Sutton, the British Cycling performance manager, told insidethegames: "The results from the UEC U23 European Track Championships were absolutely fantastic.

"It shows that the underpinning part of the Olympic Podium Programme is looking healthy and no doubt that the future is looking bright for these youngsters."

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