Olympic champion - 'it's time to hang up that bike'
Dame Laura Kenny, Britain's most successful female Olympian, has won five Olympic golds and seven World Championship titles in a distinguished career on the track.
Dame Laura Kenny, Britain's most successful female Olympian, has announced her retirement from cycling. The 31-year-old won five Olympic golds and seven World Championship titles in a distinguished career on the track. he gave birth to her second child in July and had previously been targeting a fourth Olympics in Paris this year.
In our 5 Minutes On podcast, part of an exclusive interview with 成人快手 Breakfast's Sally Nugent, she said: "I have had an absolute blast but now is the time for me to hang that bike up."
Speaking about her husband, former cyclist Sir Jason Kenny, she said the thought had "been in my head a little while, the sacrifices of leaving the children and your family at home are really quite big and it really is a big decision to make. Once I said to Jase, 'I don't think I want to ride a bike any more', I started to feel relief."
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