Wiggins wins time trial gold to become Britain's most prolific Olympian

With the yellow jersey swapped for Stella McCartney's blue and red creation, the Bradley Wiggins inside remained the same, dominating the Olympic time trial as he had done both the long contre la montre stages at the Tour de France to continue his annus mirabilis.

 The 32-year-old is now Britain's most prolific Olympian, his gold medal taking his personal tally to seven, one ahead of Sir Steve Redgrave.

Continuing his unbeaten run in full-distance time trials this season, Wiggins finished 42sec ahead of the world champion Tony Martin of Germany, with the Tour de France runner-up Chris Froome giving Great Britain a second medal by taking bronze.

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