GB dominant for Team Pursuit gold - London Olympics 2012

Team GB on the podium proudly displaying their gold medals

(L-R) Edward Clancy, Steven Burke, Peter Kennaugh and Geraint Thomas of Great Britain celebrate with their gold medals during the medal ceremony for the men's Team Pursuit Track Cycling final on Day 7 of the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Velodrome.

Great Britain's men's Team Pursuit squad claimed a thrilling Olympic gold in a world record time on the second day of competition at the London 2012 Olympic Velodrome.

Ed Clancy, Geraint Thomas, Peter Kennaugh and Steven Burke clocked 3:51.659 to triumph by a supreme margin ahead of arch-rivals Australia.

Australia's Jack Bobridge, Glenn O'Shea, Rohan Dennis and Michael Hepburn finished with silver in 3:54.581.

The British quartet, who won Track Cycling World Championships gold in Melbourne in April, now have successfully defended the title won by Clancy, Thomas, Bradley Wiggins and Paul Manning in Beijing.

New Zealand's Sam Bewley, Marc Ryan, Jesse Sergent and Aaron Gate claimed bronze in 3:55.952, with Russia's Evgeny Kovalev, Ivan Kovalev, Alexey Markov and Alexander Serov finishing fourth (3:58.282).

Clancy's focus will now turn to the six-discipline Omnium, which is set to begin tomorrow.