An Olympic gold medallist said the legacy of London 2012 for cycling is “going strong” as he gave advice to pupils.

Ed Clancy visited Chobham Academy in the Olympic village this morning (March 3), leading an assembly to pupils of the house which was named in his honour.

The 29-year-old won a gold medal in the cycling team pursuit in the 2008 Beijing Olympics, and also at the 2012 London Olympics, where he won a bronze medal in the Omnium too.

Three years ago, the site of the school was used as an Olympics training centre, later being refurbished as a school and opened in September 2013.

Ed Clancy, who was born and still lives in Yorkshire, had a tour of the building and admitted the visit was a nostaglia trip.

He said: “It is strange to be back in these buildings and it brings back so many memories of London 2012.

“The legacy of the Olympics is going strong for cycling, to get a taster session at the Velodrome here there is a two month waiting list and it is also really popular in Manchester.

“I think there is a real simplicity of getting on your bike and going for a ride, there are so many places in east London to cycle and I think people should make use of the facilities."

Ed Clancy, who is also a four-time world champion and triple European champion, gave some advice to the pupils of the school in the morning assembly.

He said: “I only really started professionally as a cyclist when I was 18 or 19 so it is not too late to try out cycling and see where it takes you.

“My advice is that you should base your confidence in life on the fact that you will give everything 100 per cent, many factors are out of your control but giving 100 per cent is all you can do.

"I never knew or had complete confidence I was going to be successful, but I tried my best and then the success came."

Ed Clancy is next competing in the Good Friday Meeting on April 3 at the Lee Valley VeloPark, tickets are available from www.thegoodfridaymeeting.co.uk