Video: Great Olympic Moments: Boardman and Hoy, heroes of the 'Brits on bikes' success story Chris Boardman signalled the start of a renaissance in British cycling with his gold medal in the 4,000-metre individual pursuit at the 1992 Olympics. What followed was a remarkable success story, personified by the barrel-chested Scot Chris Hoy and his relentless pursuit of gold in Beijing in 2008. Hoy, who won a silver at the 2000 Games and a gold four years later, began his raid on Beijing's gold bullion by partnering Jamie Staff and Jason Kenny to victory in the team sprint. His second gold the next day came in the keirin, the event in which riders start off being paced by a motorbike up to 50kph. Despite still being exhausted from his exertions in the team event 24 hours earlier, Hoy dominated the race to win by a big margin from fellow-Scot Ross Edgar. By the time Hoy came to the showdown for his third gold, in the sprint final, he had been competing hard for four consecutive days. This time he was up against his outstanding young team-mate Kenny. Team orders were simple. "We'll let them race," Britain's coach Ian Dyer said. There will be a handshake before they start and we will let them go. There will be no camps, no sides. Hoy won the first round, responding to Kenny's early break to chase him down from a lap and a half out; second time around Kenny left his attack until the bell and this time Hoy pulled clear in the finishing straight to clinch the gold.