SHOWS: LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (AUGUST 7, 2012) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1. (SOUNDBITE)(English) SIX-TIMES OLYMPIC CHAMPION, CHRIS HOY, SAYING: "It's the emotion, it's the physical effort, it's just the excitement, it's incredibly draining. But the relief and the light when you cross the line and you hear that roar - you know I had my eyes shut when I threw my bike across the line because I wasn't sure if I had it or not and then I heard the roar from the crowd and I realised that I'd won. It's hard to express just how excited, how amazing that experience was but I think it showed when I got on the podium - I wasn't really able to hold it all in but what an experience that was." 2. HOY POSING WITH MEDALS 3. (SOUNDBITE)(English) SIX-TIMES OLYMPIC CHAMPION, CHRIS HOY, SAYING: "They're all different and they're all special but I think to cap my career, my Olympic career with that ride on the back of the performances of the whole team, home soil, home support everything. You can't expect more than that - that is as good as I could ever hope for in my career." 4. PAN FROM PHOTGRAPHERS TO HOY POSING WITH MEDALS STORY: Six-times Olympic champion Chris Hoy believes to win two gold medals at a Home Games is as good as it is ever going to get. Hoy bagged his sixth Games gold with a comprehensive win in the keirin minutes. The 36-year-old said he was exhausted and emotional following the experience. "It's the emotion, it's the physical effort, it's just the excitement, it's incredibly draining," Hoy said. "But the relief and the light when you cross the line and you hear that roar - you know I had my eyes shut when I threw my bike across the line because I wasn't sure if I had it or not and then I heard the roar from the crowd and I realised that I'd won. "It's hard to express just how excited, how amazing that experience was but I think it showed when I got on the podium - I wasn't really able to hold it all in but what an experience that was." Hoy added the London Games were the perfect way to end his Olympic career. "They're all different and they're all special but I think to cap my career, my Olympic career with that ride on the back of the performances of the whole team, home soil, home support everything," he said. "You can't expect more than that - that is as good as I could ever hope for in my career."
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