GB squad shrinks after funding cut

Jason and Laura Kenny have been named in Great Britain’s squad for the buildup to the Tokyo Olympics but a £4m cut in funding has seen the squad fall from 110 riders to 87.

Team GB’s golden couple have won 10 Olympic titles between them, but Laura is expecting their first child this summer and there has been speculation that six-time champion Jason Kenny, 29, was considering retirement.

He is understood to have barely touched his bike since winning three more golds in Rio last August and his wife added to the doubts about his future in an interview with the BBC earlier this month when she said he was “giving himself a bit of time” to decide what he wanted to do.

But the presence of both their names in the otherwise much-changed GB cycling squad will boost hopes at the National Cycling Centre that these two stars will try to add to their incredible haul of Olympic medals.