The International Olympic Committee says Britain will keep its gold medal in the men's team sprint, despite British track cycling gold medalist Philip Hindes admitting he had deliberately crashed in the final.

Mark Adams, Spokesman, International Olympic Committee, said, "At present, no, there are no plans - our view is purely that people were not deprived of a contest yesterday. At the moment, I have spoken to the UCI, the cycling federation, they are obviously aware of the situation and this stage they don’t see any reason to question the result. At this stage neither does us."

Hindes, and fellow Britons Chris Hoy and Jason Kenny beat France in the final in a world record time of 42.6 seconds. But the 19-year-old Hindes said after the race that he had crashed on purpose to get the race restarted. British Cycling said Hindes' comments were "lost in translation" and the rider had only started to learn English in October 2010. The International Cycling Union confirmed the result was not in question.