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Agence France-Presse

Jason Kenny said he felt no different after joining the “five gold medal club” and closing in on British cycling legend Chris Hoy’s national best six Olympic Games titles.
Kenny proved he was the boss in the current British team after beating roommate Callum Skinner to retain his Olympic sprint title in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday.
WATCH: golden moments on Day 9 at the Rio Olympics


Having also won team sprint gold on Thursday, he matched fellow cyclist Bradley Wiggins and former rower Steve Redgrave in second on the all-time British list.
“That’s a nice club to be a part of, the five gold medal club,” said Kenny.

“I’ll just keep my head down now and concentrate on the keirin, and try not to think about anything else.”
The difference between three-time and five-time Olympic champion was lost on Kenny.
“It does feel strange because people keep saying to me I’ve won five now, but I don’t feel any different to the other day when I only had three,” he joked.
WATCH: relive the action involving Hong Kong athletes on Day 9


Should he add keirin gold to his sizeable collection on Tuesday, he would match Hoy’s Olympic marks in every sense, earning a sixth title, seventh medal and equalling the three gold medals from a single Games that Hoy did in Beijing in 2008.

Only @chrishoy has more gold medals than Kenny now as he joins Sir Bradley Wiggins and Sir Steve Redgrave on FIVE! pic.twitter.com/PxDvX27OiU
— British Cycling (@BritishCycling) August 14, 2016

But he’s not always been successful in that event, despite winning the world title in 2013.
“I’m really hit and miss in the keirin. I wouldn’t be surprised if... I could win it, I could medal but I could also go out in the first round,” said Kenny.
He won the first two legs of the sprint final to dominate his teammate, just as Hoy had done to him in Beijing in 2008.

Overjoyed to pick up my second Olympic medal. Congrats to @JasonKenny107 an amazing 5th Olympic Gold! https://t.co/xQ25frSptE
— Callum Skinner (@CallumSkinner) August 14, 2016

Despite sharing a room the night before racing each other for the gold medal, Kenny said nothing was out of the ordinary in his relationship with Skinner on Saturday night.
“(We did) just the same thing we always do: went to dinner, went to bed, got up, had breakfast, had lunch, it’s really boring,” he said.

“We’re teammates, we’ve raced each other a thousand times, what we do at the track has no bearing on anything at home.
“Everyone jokes about it, but other than that it doesn’t make any difference.”
Asked what they’d talked about, Kenny said they’d been discussing the other British medal hopefuls.

Many many congrats to @JasonKenny107 and @CallumSkinner. Just fantastic, so proud to see them both up there.
— Chris Hoy (@chrishoy) August 14, 2016

“Anything and everything. Heptathlon, Greg Rutherford, everything that everyone else is talking about. Andy Murray,” said Kenny,
Despite being a five-time Olympic champion, Kenny doesn’t have a big sponsorship or endorsement deal and he’s not expecting the call to come from British Team Sky to ride in the professional peloton any time soon either.

“It’s just a fact of life that I’ve come to live with now, that I’m not very marketable, which is fine,” he saud.
“I can’t help being a miserable sod! I’ve learnt to accept that.”
As for Sky, he dismissed that out of hand, saying: “I’d love to but unfortunately my event’s 200 metres not 200km!”
Kenny and Skinner had both broken the former’s Olympic record from London four years ago for the 200 metre sprint in qualifying.

Skinner had shaved a hundredth of a second off the old mark with a run of 9.703sec, but Kenny then smashed that wit a 9.551.
From there on, the British pair, who won team sprint gold on Thursday alongside Philip Hindes, were totally dominant, barring a blip from Kenny in his semi-final.
The 28-year-old lost the first leg to Russia’s Denis Dmitriev, but won the next two to progress to the final.
Dmitriev beat Matthew Glaetzer of Australia for bronze.
Britain have won four of the six gold medals decided so far on the track, with further possibilities in the four remaining events to either match or beat the seven they managed in both Beijing and London.




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In the club: Cyclist Jason Kenny unmoved by British star status after Olympic Games sprint triumph

Jason Kenny. Photo: Reuters

2016 Rio Olympics - Cycling Track - Victory Ceremony - Men's Sprint Victory Ceremony - Rio Olympic Velodrome - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 14/08/2016. Callum Skinner (GBR) of Britain with the silver medal and Jason Kenny (GBR) of Britain with the gold medal pose on podium. REUTERS/Matthew Childs FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS.

Gold medalist Bradley Wiggins of Britain poses on the podium of the Men's team pursuit final at the Rio Olympic Velodrome during the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 12, 2016. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

Britain's Steven Redgrave celebrates his fifth Olympic gold medal Saturday, Sept. 23, 2000, at the Sydney International Regatta Center in Penrith, Australia. He won as part of the coxless for team. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

Silver medalist Britain's Callum Skinner (R) congratulates gold medalist Britain's Jason Kenny after competing in the Men's Sprint final track cycling event at the Velodrome during the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro on August 14, 2016. / AFP PHOTO / Odd ANDERSEN

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Hong Kong's Sarah Lee Wai-sze crashes in the women's keirin semi-final race in Rio on Saturday. Photos: Reuters

Sarah Lee Wai-sze of Hong Kong lies motionless on the track following her crash.

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Members of the Chinese men's track watch as a members of the Chinese women's track cycling team round during a training session inside the Rio Olympic Velodrome during the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2016. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

China's Tianshi Zhong rounds during a track cycling training session inside the Rio Olympic Velodrome in advance of the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, Aug. 4, 2016. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

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The 28-year-old beat roommate Callum Skinner in Rio de Janeiro to join Bradley Wiggins and Steve Redgrave as a five-time gold medallists


In the club: Cyclist Jason Kenny unmoved by British star status after Olympic Games sprint triumph

.css-1c6uqr6{color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;overflow-wrap:break-word;}The 28-year-old beat roommate Callum Skinner in Rio de Janeiro to join Bradley Wiggins and Steve Redgrave as a five-time gold medallists

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The 28-year-old beat roommate Callum Skinner in Rio de Janeiro to join Bradley Wiggins and Steve Redgrave as a five-time gold medallists