‘Our kids have to get some of these genes right?

She told MailOnline: ‘To do what I did in London and then to come and do it again. I cannot believe it. Honestly I cannot thank the people in the background enough.

‘My coach gets the worst side of me - days when I feel like I physically can’t do it and then he gets the days like today.

‘And it because of those people that I have been able to come here and achieve what I have.

‘In Rio we have absolutely blown everyone out of the park.’

She told how fiancé Jason Kenny had inspired her to victory: ‘I remember seeing see people who I idolise like Chris Hoy and my fiancé Jason Kenny’s medals backing up and I thought how do they do that. It’s so much hard work.’

She added: ‘Jason puts up with so much rubbish on a daily basis from me. We go through such highs and lows. But we are always there for each other.

‘Because we go through the same things together he knows what to say he has been through it himself. That has been such a massive help for me.’

Asked how it feels to be part of the most successful cycle couple in history she laughed and replied: ‘It is kind of weird. I guess it has not really sunk in. For me to be able to come here and do it again, I’m so proud.’ 

Trott became the UK's greatest female Olympian after beating American Sarah Hammer and Belgium's Jolien D'Hoore.

Moments after she won, the cycling star said: 'I’m speechless, I can’t believe it. I really can’t believe it… that it all came together.

'I honestly can’t thank everyone at home enough. Like the people that you don’t see. The people that really, really help me. The people that help me in the gym to the people who do our data, my nutritionist, I couldn’t have done it without every single one of them .

'Especially to my coach Paul Manning as well, who puts up with my crap on a daily basis. Who has me stropping because I can’t do the powers he’s give me to then to today when it goes really, really well. Honestly, I’m literally over the moon.

‘You think of people like Sir Chris Hoy, who come here and do it time and time again. To be able to repeat my success in London, honestly. It’s just… I can’t even explain what I’m going through right now, I’m just so, so happy.’

Trott went into the final event of the omnium - the points race - with a commanding lead and it was always hers to lose.

Earlier in the evening she won the flying lap event, recording a time of 13.70 seconds.

Trott won the same event at London 2012 and has two team pursuit titles, from London and Rio.

A fourth gold makes Trott the British female Olympian with the most gold medals, ahead of equestrian rider Charlotte Dujardin who won her third gold on Monday.

Trott finished second in the 500 metres time-trial on Tuesday morning, giving her two first-place finishes and two seconds from four disciplines and a total of 156 points. 

It is her second gold at Rio after winning the women's team pursuit with Joanna Rowsell, Elinor Barker, Katie Archibald and Ciara Horne, breaking a world record.

Asked if she thought she would receive an award from the Queen he replied: ‘It seems mad to me [to be made a dame].

‘Obviously things like that come with medals, I get that, but me I just feel like that eight year old who started cycling because she absolutely loved it.’

Trott said she had not thought about wheterh she would compete at the next Olympic Games in Tokyo 2020.

She said: ‘The thought of going through all that again [at another Olympic games] frightens the hell out of me.

‘The idea of winning six gold medals? Well we will see. I am just going to enjoy the moment right now.’

She broke down afterwards as she said she just couldn't believe it and thanked her coach for putting up with her 'crap' everyday.