Sir Chris Hoy, Britain’s most profitable Olympian on the time, introduced his retirement from biking on at the present time in 2013.
Hoy, then 37, gained his sixth Olympic gold medal at London 2012, surpassing Sir Steve Redgrave’s earlier mark of 5, and likewise gained 11 world titles.
Fellow bicycle owner and former Nice Britain team-mate Sir Jason Kenny has since bettered Hoy’s Olympic file by claiming his seventh gold at Tokyo 2020.
Sir Chris Hoy introduced his retirement at a press convention in Edinburgh (David Cheskin/PA)
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Hoy had wished to compete on the 2014 Commonwealth Video games in Glasgow on the velodrome which bears his title, however over a decade on the prime of his sport had taken its toll.
He introduced his retirement at Murrayfield in his house metropolis of Edinburgh, saying: “I wished to get a medal for Scotland. I didn’t suppose I might so wished another person to take my place.
“It’s a exhausting time – it’s one second on the finish of your profession while you say sufficient is sufficient.”
Hoy had been on the forefront of British biking’s rise to prominence on the Olympics.
Hoy celebrates successful his sixth and remaining Olympic gold medal within the keirin at London 2012 (Stephen Pond/PA)
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The silver medal he took alongside Jason Queally and Craig MacLean at Sydney 2000 was a breakthrough second, as was the gold Queally took within the kilo on the similar Video games.
Hoy’s personal first Olympic gold medal got here within the kilo in Athens in 2004 and at Beijing 2008 the Scot helped Britain prime the medal desk contained in the velodrome.
There he dominated, including three gold medals by successful the keirin, group dash and particular person dash.
His preparations for London 2012 had been hindered by a sequence of accidents, however he overcame them to ship on the most important stage once more by successful the group dash and keirin.
Kaynak: briturkish.com
