Team GB’s golden couple Jason and Laura Kenny are due to become the stars of the annual New Year’s Honours list.
Although the cycling couple both already have OBEs, they’re apparently set to be awarded “something big” in the list.
A source told the Sunday People: “Jason is likely to be given a knighthood and Laura will probably be made a dame. They are very much the poster couple of this year’s honours.
“The whole thing is going to be dominated by sports stars but Laura and Jason are the standouts.
“They were incredibly successful in Rio and this is the right way to honour them.”
This year’s Rio Olympics saw Great Britain finishing second overall in what was their most successful performance away from home yet, bringing back a whopping 130 medals.
Of the 59 gold, 51 silver and 26 bronze medals won by Team GB this year, Jason and Kenny won five between them.
Over last three Olympic games, this brings the couple’s total medal haul to an incredible ten.
Jason, 28, now has six golds to his name, while 24-year-old Laura’s four make her Britain’s most successful female competitor.
Following their return home from Brazil, the successful couple tied the knot in a small ceremony at St Alban and St Paul Church in Macclesfield.
The down-to-earth lovers turned down a magazine’s big-money offer to photograph the big day and requesting guests donated to Dementia UK rather instead of giving gifts.
The pair met in 2010, and were spotted kissing two years later whilst watching the beach volleyball at the London Olympic games.
They went on to get engaged two years later, while watching Eastenders together at their cottage in Knutsford, Cheshire.
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The couple aren't expected to be Team GB's only competitors honoured, with sources claiming the honours list will be dominated by Olympians.
with 33-year-old Mo Farah also tipped for a knighthood after winning his fourth Olympic medals and becoming the second man to retain the 5,000m and 1,000m titles.
He was previously expected to earn his knighthood in 2013, but received an OBE, with sources claiming: "The Civil Service felt he was too young in 2013 and that the honour would be too soon.
“But this time round it has been given the go-ahead.”
Tennis gold medallist Andy Murray is also likely to earn a knighthood, with bookies giving odds of 4/1, meanwhile Jessica Ennis-Hill, who retired from athletics in October, has been given 2/1.
The New Year's Honours are awarded on January 1 each year based on an individual's merit, exceptional achievement or service.
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