Jason Kenny is set to retire from cycling and become a Team GB coach ahead of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.
The 33-year-old has won more gold medals and more medals in total than any other British athlete in Olympic history and won the last of his golds at Tokyo 2020 in the keirin event.
He also holds the record for the most Olympic gold medals and most Olympic medals in total in cycling.
But according to the Daily Mail, Kenny is now due to call time on a glittering career spanning 14 years.
British cycling have offered Kenny a role as the new men's podium sprint coach and he will work with Team GB cyclists at the next Olympics in the French capital.
In an interview with the Mail last December, Kenny revealed he ticked a box on a British Cycling form which indicated he intended to compete in Paris, but nothing was confirmed.
“We have to fill a form in with British Cycling and they ask you at the end of October if you are going to commit for a cycle to Paris,” Kenny explained.
“They ask, 'Is your intention to try and go to it?'. I was like 'Yeah, I will… for now'. That's the most commitment you get out of me.
“I want to lay the foundations now so I've got a choice. Touch wood, I'm still in our fastest team, but that might change.”
He added: “I'm starting to build up training, starting to build up back in the gym, trying to build a bit of momentum. My goal is to be in the place where we can start training full time by January.
“It just depends what we do family wise but I love track cycling, I realised that stepping away after Rio. It was quite hard to leave it completely behind.”
But after being offered a coaching role that will allow the Olympic champion to still be involved in the competition without actually being on the track, Kenny appears to have made up his mind regarding his future.
