Bolton Press wrote:
Bolton's Olympic golden boy 'totally chuffed'
3:30pm Friday 15th August 2008
By Amanda Smith »
Farnworth's Jason Kenny is celebrating with his parents in Beijing after becoming Bolton's first ever Olympic gold medal winner.
The British three of Kenny, Jamie Staff and Chris Hoy saw off France in the team sprint final.
Delighted Kenny said: "We had no idea what we could do really. When I saw the time for the first ride on the board I thought I must have read it wrong."
And his proud dad Michael, aged 47, said: “Obviously this is a fantastic achievement.
“We have known for a long time that he is special when it comes to cycling but we did not expect him to progress quite this quickly.
“We are so pleased for him and are hopefully going to get to see him tomorrow when he has a rest day.
“We haven’t spoken to him properly yet, he came up the track and gave us a hug after he crossed the finish line and we said well done and congratulations.
“He was as you would expect, totally chuffed. This is what he has been aiming for. It is the ultimate achievement for an athelete.”
Teammate Hoy reserved special praise for 20-year-old Kenny, adding: “He’s young and talented and not fazed by the pressure at all, he’s perfect for the team.”
They had finished second to France at the World Championships earlier this year but always looked in control to win the Olympic final by 0.523secs.
Germany defeated Australia by 0.008secs to take the bronze medal.
The team sprint medal is GB's eighth of the Games and never looked in doubt as the sprint trio dominated the competition.
They opened with a ride of 42.950secs, the fastest time of the competition, with Staff riding the opening leg in 17.19secs.
GB secured their place in the final with a time of 43.034.
The gold is the second of Hoy's Olympic career after he won the 1km time trial four years ago.
JASON KENNY FACTFILE
Born: March 23, 1988 in Bolton
Lives: Bolton
The baby of the team - 15 years younger than Staff - Kenny is one of the rising stars of the British track team after he was spotted as a 12-year-old racing at the Manchester velodrome. He won all three sprint titles at the 2006 junior world championships in Belgium
It seems that Jason was cycling as soon as "he could walk"
and started to show his "competitive side" when he was just a three year old tot according to his older brother
Apparently he taught himself to ride without stabilsers
because he saw his older brother's bike did not have them and he was determined to be the same
He joined a cycling club at age 13 and his Mum would DRIVE (note..
DRIVE
) him to sessions three to four times per week ..
BN wrote:
Like the rest .. Jason does not drink.. so did not quaff champagne after his win as he will be competing tomorrow. He follows a strict diet to maintain his fitness
But
:bounce: Well done
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Several crashed out of the race. But Nicole sprinted cooly and casually to the finish line 
At the time .. her achievement in equestiran sport was an achievement .... which was hard on Nicole whose efforts must have run a tight second that year.