WITH Britain in rapture and commentators struggling to articulate his achievement, former Mount St Joseph school pupil Jason Kenny further cemented his status as a true people’s champion with the typically unassuming way he departed the arena.

While other competitors left the velodrome 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 his dad, Michael, revealed that even that was something of a step-up 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.

Jason’s fiancée Laura Trott also wrote her name into the history books with a peerless performance in the omnium that saw her become the first female Briton to win four golds at the Olympics.

The feat means Team GB’s golden couple now have an incredible 10 gold medals between them. With the racing now over, Michael said that he and wife, Lorraine, 52, have been able to catch up with their son and future daughter-in-law.

“There was no mad party. Jason and Laura got up at six this morning to prepare for a day of interviews,” he said.

“We had a quiet word at trackside after the crowd had gone and will probably catch up with him later.”

And with the world’s celebrity magazine’s likely to be chasing the couple for wedding snaps, Michael revealed that details of their special day were such a closely guarded secret that even close family weren’t aware of the final details.

“Believe it or not, all I know is that the wedding is in late September, somewhere in Cheshire,” said Michael, who works as a structural engineer in Lostock.

Jason was thrilled to share the moment with his future wife.

“The thing about being together for me that’s special is that we get to share these moments,” he said.

“I couldn’t understand a word she was saying.

“She was bawling her eyes out.

“But that was special and it’s nice to share it with the people you love.”

Jason now has the same number of Olympic medals as Sir Chris Hoy and could go on to surpass the Scot’s tally at the Tokyo 2020 Games.

Hoy was knighted after his success in Beijing – an honour that now feels like a foregone conclusion for Jason, and which he said would ‘be amazing’.

Jason said he is looking forward to getting back to the quiet life at home with Laura and their dogs Sprolo and Pringle.

He said: “I love being at the Olympics, but when you’re finished the athletes’ village seems quite confined.

“I’m going home as soon as possible to walk the dogs and try to relax a bit.

Asked if the achievement was life-changing, he added: “I hope not. I like my life.”