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Laura Trott and Jason Kenny - image via laura_trott31 on Instagram.PNGLaura Trott reveals Jason Kenny snubbed her when they first met
Britain's golden couple didn't fall in love at first sight, Laura Kenny has revealed.
The most decorated British Olympic couple of all-time revealed that the early days of their relationship were wrought with social awkwardness in a joint interview on daytime talk show Loose Women last week.
Jason and Laura Kenny were on the show to discuss the release of their book, 'Laura Trott & Jason Kenny: The Inside Track,' which was released today. On this publicity tour the pair has also paid a visit to the Times Magazine, which also included a photo shoot from which Mrs Trott has been posting the photos to her social media pages.
I would say I promise this is the last one .. but it probably wont be @JasonKenny107 pic.twitter.com/7qI51S7lmk
— Laura Kenny (@LauraTrott31) November 12, 2016
Mrs Kenny - as she has decided to be known for every day purposes (but interestingly not marketing purposes) - told the show's panel that her husband was more interested in his cup of coffee than introducing himself to his future wife on her first day at British Cycling.
"I moved up to Manchester when I was 18 to be part of the Great Britain program," Laura Kenny said. "And everyone was really friendly. I walked in to the mechanics and everyone was like 'morning, morning' and because I was new I was just like 'oh okay, hi' but not really talking to anybody.
"Then Sir Chris comes up to you and says 'I'm sir Chris Hoy,' and you're like 'ah,' starstruck, because he's like a legend in our sport."
Then she moved on to describe how Jason was on that first day.
"And then Jason just sat there drinking a cup of coffee... nothing."
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In Jason's defense, he is quite open about the fact that he's "just not very good at first impressions." Though, despite his other half's way with words, she did dig up the fact that her first impression of him was also quite underwhelming.
In the interview the four-time Olympic gold medalist said that the first time she learnt about her husband-to-be was in a magazine. Mrs Kenny said that she'd spotted Jason in a magazine follow-up from the Beijing Olympics which she said listed him at number six of the best "people of that year".
The Essex-born star then said that other than noting that he was the same age as she would go on to be at the London Olympics when he competed in Beijing, she "didn't think much of it."
It all worked out in the end, though. At the following world championships, Laura says that after losing her headphones she borrowed Jason's without telling him and proceeded to break them.
Telling him about the headphones, Laura says, was the ice breaker that sparked their romance.
During the interview the pair also revealed that Olympic cyclists aren't allowed to hoover or stand up for too long; and that they've also got to be careful when taking the tube in case they don't get a seat.
It's tough being a cyclist, eh?
You can watch the full interview below:
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Was she really surprised? Everybody says Kenny is an understated/chilled character.
I'm definitely going to start stealing pretty girls headphones and breaking them now though.
Yes it fucking is. That's something that somebody without any knowledge of cycling would remark. People think cycling is all "going for a bike ride" and don't realise it's one of the toughest sports in the world, which you really really have to love to compete in.
Is it offensive? I use a pretty simple rule of thumb here - when I laminate it then it becomes offensive!
My main complaint is Jason wearing knee length office socks with shorts. Truly awful look, unless you are a woman in a black and white film, c.1940.
Usual sanctimonious crap here
What an earth gives you whingers the right to complain.
How on earth can it be sexist? She isn't complaining, shes making good money. It is not sexist for a women ( or a man but that's not usually what upsets the dimwits) to do anything they bloody well want to. Tits out? Thats the owners matter.
To try and dictate standards is disgusting. I'll bet those who are making such are fuss are those who like to present themselves as being the protectors of peoples rights. You can't have it always. Either there is freedom or not. If you have an opinion,fair enough but so does everyone else.
Best pic I have seen of her. The sweaty giggling image is a bit grim after a bit. JK is the one who looks a pillock. Just what the hell are those things on his leg. They serve no purpose at all. Not shorts, they are too long, not trousers, his legs will get cold.
Good luck to her.
Rather more worryingly is the nasty mix of lack and sliver on the tandem. Its well know nthat black has no place on rims made of metal. Silver is right black is just tasteless , tacky and pamdering to the whim of those who are subservient to the domination of those capitalist pigs who enable British cycling to be successful.
Every right.
What makes you think you can dictate to anyone else what they should find offensive or unacceptable?
As for the book, I'll wait until they've done a bit more than ride around in circles quickly. Most rider autobiogs are tedious; the ones written before they've matured are even worse. Chris Boardman's book shows how (and when) it should be done - http://road.cc/content/review/209195-triumphs-and-turbulence
I get that the lower half of Laura seems to be from a different photo shoot, but are we back to telling women what they can and cannot wear again?
To be honest, his footwear is not that much more suitable for cycling than hers.
I'm curious how they got the bike to stand up like that. Either it was a very impressive track stand or he was pedalling very slowly indeed.
I share your toe overlap concerns. Which is why, whenever I pilot our tandem, I insist on leaving my clown shoes at home.
Typical track sprinter showing off.
Since LT is happy with the image (as she has been tweeting it) then I cant see what the issue is. Also nice to see athletic female bodies promoted as atractive rather than the standard unfeasibly skinny airbrushed ones. Healthy = attractive seems like a good message to send to young girls.
Would probably be better if both were showing their bodies in the name of equality.
Does anyone really give a flying #*¥@?
Chain looks a bit slack!
I expect a larger turnout at the next few Bury Tandem Club meetings.. For those who missed the club name, it's on the down tube..beneath the heels
I have had the "Times" magazine since Saturday I had no idea who it was on the front, it looks nothing like them (the pic on the front of the mag)... There are a few more similar pics too, maybe they should have just sold their wedding.
There's a tandem in that photo?!
Might I suggest that those who find it sexist or offensive simply stop looking at it, and not try to tell me what I should think?
No one is telling you what to think. Some people think the image is sexist, and are expressing that. If you don't want to read other people's opinions, I'd suggest the comment section isn't for you.
Does that also apply if you make a racist remark? Does everyone just turn away and pretend nothing happened?
Nobody is telling you what to think, but some people are not happy with what the images are saying. Are you suggesting that they shouldn't express their disquiet?
I'm just too confused about what I am and am not allowed to say or think any more. For example, the #Blackand British trailers on TV seem to me to be trotting out traditional black stereotypes, which it would be completely unacceptable for me to say. How is that right?
Similar thing applies here, although I can't say I've noticed an avalanche of protest from female posters, so maybe women aren't actually offended by this so-called offensive photo? Hard for me to say, as a male, but personally I wouldn't give a toss what JK was wearing so I assume the same applies the other way around. Maybe I just have a high threshold for taking offence?
Funny, I never have that problem.
Well, I for one am utterly, utterly appalled by what I've just seen...
On the front we have a mudflap that is just a few inches above the ground; on the rear there isn't a flap at all, and the mudguard doesn't even extend down to below the height of the hub.
And this is in 2016, people!!!
Strangely enough hadn't noticed that!
Your prejudicial dismissal of the quite functional weather gear arrangements of the tandem is based on unrealistic and arbitrary ideals of symmetry. It is a symptom of all that is rotten in society at large that you perpetuate the conceit that form is the principal attainment.
I contend that plumes of road spray would emit tangentially from the wheels and the coverage is optimised to prevent the ejecta from soiling Mr and Mrs Kenny.
I salute the publication of a photograph that celebrates practicality and snubs the ephemeral trickeries of modishness.
Fnarr fnarr. He said "ejecta".
What do the female readers on here think of the way Jason looks in the photo?
As for Laura's outfit, I do think she looks great in it. I suppose it could be seen as sexist, but I've seen plenty of pop stars wearing similar or even more revealing outfits (Beyonce, Little Mix etc), so maybe the only person to determine whether it is or isn't sexist is Laura.
Now, that is sexist!
As someone said above, she's been sexualised, he hasn't. They would have evened it out had he been topless.
It would have grated on me less if they had done that. As it is, I see that and roll my eyes. LT-K has always been a bit thoughtless in action and word though.
So let's assume Kenny had been "sexualised" as well, what do I then think about Laura? Presumably the aim of feminism isn't simply to ensure its a tie in the race to get one's kit off.
to be fair, it does make it clear that she's from Essex
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