Dame Laura Rebecca Kenny, OLY is a former British professional track and road cyclist who specialised in track endurance events, specifically the team pursuit, omnium, scratch race, elimination race and madison disciplines. With six Olympic medals, having won both the team pursuit and the omnium at both the 2012 and 2016 Olympics and madison at the 2020 Olympics, along with a silver medal from the team pursuit at the 2020 Olympics, she is both the most successful female cyclist, and the most successful British female athlete, in Olympic history.
Kenny at the 2015 UEC European Track Championships
Kenny (second from right) after winning team pursuit gold at the 2016 Olympics
The Madison is a relay race event in track cycling, named after the first Madison Square Garden in New York, and known as the "American race" in French and as Americana in Spanish and in Italian.
One racer propels his partner like a slingshot during a Madison race
"Madison Cottage" on the site of the Fifth Avenue Hotel at Madison Square, NYC, 1852