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Sir Chris Hoy: Don't expect as many cycling medals at Rio Olympics

Sir Chris Hoy told 5 live he doesn't expect Team GB to have the same "dominance" in cycling at this year's Olympics.

The six-time gold medallist said Team GB enjoyed an "exceptional time" in Beijing and London when they won 70% of the medals, he added: "that's almost unheard of in any sport."

Chris Hoy told Afternoon Edition: "To me if they can come back with 30%, 3 out of the 10 medal events with gold medals, I think that would be great."

He said we should expect medals in the Team Pursuits, the Omnium with Laura Trott and for his former team mate Jason Kenny.

But he added: "I don't want to pile pressure on them and I think there is a lot of expectation, but I reckon three or four decent medals would be a success for the team."

This clip is originally from Afternoon Edition on 3rd March 2016.

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