Image: Jason Kenny, seen here with Sir Chris Hoy, won two gold medals at the London 2012 Olympic Games

The leisure facility at Bolton One – the £30.6m complex opened earlier this year – is to be renamed in honour of Olympic gold medal-winning cyclist Jason Kenny if approved by the local authority.

A motion is set to go before Bolton Council on 29 August, which calls on members to back a proposal to rebrand the facility as the Jason Kenny Centre, as well as the naming of a local cycle trail after Kenny.

Kenny is the Greater Manchester town's greatest Olympian to date and won gold in the men's team sprint and the individual sprint at the London 2012 Olympic Games earlier this month (August). He has won three gold and one silver medal in total.

Bolton Council leader Cliff Morris said: "Jason is a great sporting ambassador, an inspiration for young people across the borough and we think this is a good way to honour his achievements."

Kenny added: "As the saying goes 'home is where the heart is' so it's a real honour to have the leisure centre at the Bolton One complex named after me."

Designed by Nightingale Associates' Liverpool office and built by Eric Wright Group, the leisure facility includes a 70-station Life Fitness gym; a 25m swimming pool; a hydrotherapy pool; and a dance and workout studio among others.

Click here to read more about the proposal to rename the leisure facility at Bolton One after Olympic cyclist Jason Kenny.

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