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Great Britain's Chris Hoy Wins Men's Keirin, Capturing Sixth Gold Medal

Great Britain's dominance at the velodrome continued Tuesday evening with Chris Hoy's gold medal win in men's Keirin. For the host country, it's an astonishing seventh gold medal in track cycling (ninth medal overall) -- no other country has more than one gold in the competition.For Sir Chris Hoy, a cycling legend -- he was knighted in 2009 "for services to Sport" -- the win is his sixth career gold medal, making him Great Britain's all-time leader in Olympic gold. He added to his tally earlier in the Games with a win in team sprint.With roughly 100 meters to go on the final lap, Germany's Maximilian Levy had the lead and looked like he was headed for the win, but Hoy exploded coming out of the final turn and edged Levy at the line. New Zealand's Simon van Velthooven and Teun Mulder from the Netherlands finished in a tie for third and will both take home bronze medals.Keirin is a race involving eight laps around the track. Riders follow a motorised pacer for the first five-and-a-half l...

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