JASON Kenny won a record equalling sixth gold medal during an imperious performance at the Rio Velodrome last night.
With Britain in rapture and commentators struggling to articulate his achievement, the former Mount St Joseph school pupil further cemented his status as a true people’s champion by the typically unassuming way he departed the arena.
While other competitors left the track with their branded sports equipment, our humble hero was seen calmly packing his cycling gear into a supermarket ‘bag for life’ after equalling Sir Chris Hoy’s six gold medal haul.
And father, Michael Kenny, told the Bolton News that even that was something of recent extravagance for his 28-year-old son.
“He’s not always had a bag for life. He recently upgraded from a thin, disposable Tesco bag,” said Michael, 54.
One amusing photo captures a Rio official eyeing the bag with a slightly surprised look on her face, while Jason calmly leaves the arena as if he was just going to pick up groceries from Farnworth market.
So in celebration of our Jason's incredible Olympic achievement, we want you to come up with an amusing caption for the above image.
There’s no prize – but we’ll publish the best in the paper.
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