Victoria Pendleton, Britain�s Olympic cycling champion, hopes organisers of the 2012 Games will give her the chance to emulate the success of her team-mate Chris Hoy by adding more events to the London programme.

Victoria Pendleton, Britain's Olympic cycling champion, hopes organisers of the 2012 Games will give her the chance to emulate the success of her team-mate Chris Hoy by adding more events to the London programme.

Pendleton claimed Britain's sixth cycling gold medal of the Beijing Games last week when she beat the Australian Anna Meares in the women's sprint final. Her medal was just one part of a record-breaking Games for the cycling team, who picked up eight of the British team's total haul of 19 gold medals.

Now back in Britain, Pendleton said she hoped organisers would include two more events in the women's cycling schedule for the next Games.

At the Beijing Games, women had only seven races to compete in compared to their male counterparts, who had 11. Hoy won three golds, and Pendleton wants to challenge for yet more medals at home in four years' time.

She believes that, if there was a team sprint and keirin event for women at the Games, she would have a good chance of matching the achievements of Hoy.

"I had only one opportunity in Beijing to win a medal and I would love there to have been two or three. I would have been confident of picking up at least another medal," Pendleton said. "There should be a women's version of the keirin in 2012. There isn't a reason why we shouldn't have the same events.

"There has been a rumour that there will be another event for women in 2012 and I'm just keeping my fingers crossed it will be the team sprint so I could have another chance of winning a medal."

When asked about the chances of the cycling team repeating this summer's success in London, the 27-year-old said: "It will be tough but there's a couple of areas where we can improve."

Meanwhile, the boxer James DeGale admits he faces a dilemma after striking gold in Beijing. He won the middleweight competition and celebrated his achievement with friends and family on his return. The 22-year-old is reported to have been offered £1m to turn professional but the pull of defending his crown at London 2012 is strong.

"I'm going to go home and spend some time with my family. I'll sit down with them and talk about it," he said.

"I'll also sit down with the GB coach Terry Edwards and see what he has to say and what offer there is on the table. To win another gold medal in my home city in 2012 would be fantastic.

"That's what I want to do. It will be hard to say no to £1m but I'm going to see what Terry says.

"There are a lot of rewards out there for professionals: I could become middleweight champion of the world. It's going to be a difficult decision but it's not just about money - it's a feeling, too. Representing your country and standing on a podium with a medal is an unbelievable feeling."

DeGale's gold was the pick of the three medals won by British boxers in Beijing and the success will further lift a sport that is going through something of a revival.