OLYMPIC hero Chris Hoy is to have a stadium in Glasgow named after him.

As Scotland's greatest Olympian clinched his third gold of the Beijing Games - and his fourth overall - council bosses were making plans to honour the cyclist in his home country.

Glasgow City Council said the new 4000-seat National Velodrome, which is being built in the East End for the 2014 Commonwealth Games, would be named in his honour.

There are also calls for the 32-year-old to be knighted.

As reported in later editions of yesterday's Evening Times, Hoy clinched his place in history by becoming the first British Olympian for 100 years to win three gold medals at the same games.

The Edinburgh-born star, who also has a gold medal from the Athens Olympics four years ago, took Britain's haul of golds in China to 15, equalling the total from the Antwerp games in 1920.

Glasgow City Council leader Steven Purcell said: "I can think of no better way of marking his historic success than by naming Scotland's only world-class track cycling facility after him."

Hoy's family and girlfriend watched as a clutch of British public figures, including Princess Anne and former prime Minister Tony Blair, rose to acclaim him.

The rider choked back tears during the National Anthem and said later: "It was just relief. It was all over and we have kept a lid on all this emotion for so long. Then it just comes out.

"This is pretty special. To have more than one gold medal hanging round my neck is a pretty special feeling."