King Kenny? 👑 We just call him coach… Britain’s greatest Olympian starts his next chapter. Thank you, Sir Jason. 📰 Full story: bit.ly/3JRjPUq
British track star Jason Kenny announced his retirement from professional racing this morning and is set to become British Cycling's new men's sprint coach, after becoming Great Britain's most successful Olympian this summer in Tokyo.
"A massive part of me would love to continue and try to get to Paris and I'm a little bit sad in a way to not do that. The opportunity at British Cycling to be a coach might not be there in three years. I thought I'd take it now," Kenny said in an interview with BBC breakfast.
His last race was at the Tokyo Olympic games: "That keirin in Tokyo was special to me. It was an amazing race. If you could pick one to end on, that would always be. That did play a small part in it. That will be my last ever race, to finish on something so special on the last day of the Olympics."
Asked on why he decided to take the leap now, Kenny replied: "It's a combination of things. The opportunity came up at British Cycling to be a coach and it's something I wanted to do when I stopped anyway and it might not be there in three years so I thought for the sake of three years, I don't know if I can do three more years anyway, I thought I'd take the opportunity now."
Kenny has been one of the most successful riders in track history. Over the course of his career he's gathered nine Olympic medals, seven of them golden, and has also conquered nine gold medals at World Championships over the years.
"I'm really sad. It's all I've ever known is racing and training. I'm sad on that front but excited to start this new journey. It's a step into the unknown. I've worked with amazing coaches and I'm trying to unlock my memories of what I remember as a rider and what I liked," he concluded.
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