SIR Chris Hoy believes Bolton’s Jason Kenny could emulate his incredible success by making it six Olympic gold medals at Rio 2016 this summer.

No Brit has won as many Olympic titles as Sir Chris with a silver medal at Sydney 2000 followed by six golds at the subsequent three Olympic Games.

Kenny joined Sir Chris as part of the successful team sprint at Beijing 2008 and in London four years later, while he also claimed the individual sprint crown during his home Games.

With Kenny set to compete in the keirin this summer as well as defending his two titles, the 28-year-old could join Sir Chris on six gold medals.

And for Sir Chris, who retired in 2013, it is not just a possibility; he genuinely believes his former team-mate is capable of topping the podium in all three events.

The 40-year-old said: “I think Jason Kenny will be one of the dark horses of the Olympic Games. “Everyone is talking about Laura Trott, Mark Cavendish and Bradley Wiggins but Jason could win two individual gold medals and the team sprint team has the potential to win it as well.

“Everyone is looking beyond them because they have not won a medal for so long but I actually think if Callum Skinner can get it right and deliver a decent last lap, I think they have the fastest ‘man one’ in the world [in Philip Hindes] and the fastest ‘man two’ in the world [in Kenny] and without wishing to pile pressure on them, I think they could win the team sprint.

“If they do that, then I think Jason Kenny could go on and win the keirin and the sprint as well.”

Britain’s most successful Olympian was speaking at Six Day London’s ‘Inside Track with Sir Chris Hoy’ event in London.

Six Day London, which was launched in 2015, sees some of the world’s best cyclists competing over the course of six nights at the Lee Valley VeloPark in a party-like atmosphere.

And Sir Chris was in bullish mood when he was asked about Team GB’s chances in cycling at Rio 2016 – the first Olympic Games in 20 years where the Scot won’t be competing.

The 11-time world champion said: “I think Team GB will be the top nation in the cycling. They won’t dominate in the same way that we have at the last two Games before Rio 2016 but I am expecting four gold medals and maybe three minor medals – with the potential of five gold medals.

“They will play that down but that is what I think they can achieve: [I expect golds] in the men and women’s team pursuit, Laura Trott in the omnium, Jason Kenny at least one gold medal and then you have Mark Cavendish in the omnium, Kenny in his two other events, Becky James as well.

“Four or five gold medals are not unachievable at all and if they do that then they will be the top performing nation.”

Six Day London takes place between 25-30 October 2016 at Lee Valley VeloPark on Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. Half term fun, with or without the kids. Tickets on sale now at www.sixday.com