LONDON, Aug. 3 (Xinhua) -- The International Olympic Committee said Britain will keep its gold medal won in men's team sprint despite Philip Hindes, a member of the British winning team, admitting he had deliberately crashed.

Hindes, Sir Chris Hoy and Jason Kenny beat France in the final in a world record of 42.6sec, but the 19-year-old Hindes said after the race that he had crashed on purpose during the heats in order to make the race to be restarted.

IOC spokesman Mark Adams said on Friday there was no reason to question the result.

Asked if the IOC would be looking at the result, Adams said: "At present there are no plans to do so. Our view is that people were not deprived of a contest.

"I have spoken to the UCI and they obviously aware of the situation. At at this stage they don't see any reason to question the result and neither do we." Enditem

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