Tuesday 27 February 2018 12:28, UK
Sir Chris Hoy believes Jason and Laura Kenny can win medals on their return to international competition this week.
The husband and wife Olympic champions will compete for Great Britain at the World Track Cycling Championships in Apeldoorn in the Netherlands.
After winning five Olympic gold medals between them in Rio in 2016, the couple got married and took 2017 off to start a family.
And Hoy - whose British record of six Olympic gold medals Jason Kenny matched in Brazil - thinks that while they won't dominate as before, they are both capable of finishing on the podium.
"I think Jason will medal in the team sprint", said Hoy. "Although they are not by any stretch of the imagination assured to medal, so if they get a bronze it will be a great result.
"He just seems to have come back with rejuvenated enthusiasm for his sport and that is the perfect way to do it. If he had kept racing, I think he would have definitely chucked it in."
While Jason Kenny is part of the men's sprint team, his wife is an endurance athlete and has been picked in the team pursuit squad, but Hoy says she is far from guaranteed to be picked for the actual competition.
"She's good enough to be in the team (and) the team is always good enough to win," said Hoy. "She has always delivered for the team through thick and thin in the last few years. If she makes the team, they could win it.
"I wouldn't be surprised to see both with medals after next weekend."
