British Cycling have vowed to 'win the right way' in Tokyo in the wake of the Richard Freeman doping scandal as golden couple Jason and Laura Kenny chase history in six events.
The governing body's reputation has been shattered in recent months after their former chief doctor Freeman was found guilty of ordering banned testosterone in 2011 'knowing or believing' it was to dope an unnamed rider.
However, Stephen Park, who took over as performance director in 2016, hopes the upcoming Olympics can help restore the trust of the British public, admitting it is 'really important' to show the team has moved on from the old regime.
British Cycling is hoping for a successful summer from its athletes at the Tokyo Olympics as Jason Kenny chases history
'I am wholly committed to us winning in the right way,' said Park. 'We have a responsibility to lead the sport and to do that with integrity.
'We want to be inspiring the nation when we go to the Olympic Games. We want the whole country to be proud to be British.
'We are going in to battle for the British public. We want them to be proud of what we do and about how we do that.
'We have done a huge amount of work in recent years around wider wellbeing, we have overhauled a lot of our medical practices.
The governing body has been damaged after former doctor Richard Freeman was found guilty of ordering banned testosterone in 2011
'We fully expect all of our riders are going to go out there with pride, operate with integrity and it's important the public see that reflected in what they do.'
Park has set a target of eight medals from the 26 riders Team GB have chosen to race across all cycling disciplines in Tokyo.
That would be four down on their hauls at London 2012 and Rio 2016. But Park says it would be 'unrealistic' to expect the dominance of past Games on the track, as other nations have caught up on the technology front.
'I think we have got significantly more realistic medal opportunities than
