The magnificent seven – how Jason Kenny won each of his Olympic gold medals

Sir Jason Kenny has announced his retirement from cycling in order to move into coaching.

The 33-year-old departs from competition as Britain’s most successful Olympian after winning his seventh gold medal in Tokyo last summer.

Kenny had already become the most decorated with his team sprint silver earlier in the Games, but stole the show with a stunning ride in the final of the keirin.

Here, the PA news agency looks at Kenny’s seven Olympic golds.

Kenny made his Olympic debut in 2008 on the back of a fifth-placed finish at the preceding World Championships in Varese, Italy. Chris Hoy, Kenny and Jamie Staff had been beaten by the French in the World Cup in Manchester a few months earlier but fortunes flipped in Beijing and the British trio took victory by more than half a second. Kenny had to accept silver behind Hoy in the individual event, however.

Hoy and Kenny were back in action together in London, this time joined by Phil Hindes. They broke the world record in both the first round and the final to take gold with a time of 42.6 seconds, with France once again settling for silver. There was a degree of controversy over the event, however, with Hindes appearing to admit he deliberately crashed to force a restart after getting away slowly during qualifying.

Teams were only allowed to enter one rider in the individual sprint in London and though Hoy had taken gold in Beijing, it was his younger team-mate who got the nod on home turf based on his superior results at the preceding World Championships. Kenny delivered, breaking Hoy’s Olympic record to qualify fastest in a time of 9.713 before beating France’s four-time world champion Gregory Bauge 2-0 in the final. It was the first time Kenny had beaten Bauge head to head.