Six-time Olympic champion Sir Chris Hoy reveals a devastating terminal cancer diagnosis

Six-time Olympic champion Sir Chris Hoy has revealed that his cancer diagnosis is terminal.

Great Britain’s former track cyclist he says he’s only been given two to four years to live.

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Hoy revealed he was undergoing treatment for cancer in February this year, having been diagnosed in 2023.

“I’m currently undergoing treatment, including chemotherapy, which thankfully is going very well,” she posted on Instagram at the time. “I’m optimistic, positive… At the moment I’m fine. I continue to work, ride my bike and live my life normally.”

Now, in a heartbreaking interview with The Sunday Times, the 48-year-old has revealed that he was told at the time that his condition is incurable.

Hoy explained that he had sought treatment in September last year after feeling tightness in his shoulder.

Doctors later found a tumor in his shoulder, before a second scan found cancer in his prostate.

The prostate cancer had metastasized to his bones and there were tumors in his shoulder, pelvis, ribs, spine and ribs.

The cancer was stage 4, the doctor told him, and incurable.

Sir Chris has written a memoir about the past year and told the Sunday Times: “Unnatural as it may sound, that’s nature. You know, we’re all born and we all die, and that’s just part of the process.” .

He also said: “Hand in hand, I’m pretty positive most of the time and I have genuine happiness. This is bigger than the Olympics. It’s bigger than anything. It’s about appreciating life and finding joy.” .

Hoy has been married to his wife Sarra since 2010 and they have two children: seven-year-old daughter Chloe and 10-year-old son Callum.

In another devastating blow to the family, Sir Chris revealed his wife Sarra was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis just weeks before her cancer shock.

His wife’s MS is an incurable, degenerative disease, and on bad days, it can be a struggle to put the key in the door.

Despite this, the couple remain incredibly positive, with Sir Chris saying: “She says all the time, ‘How lucky are we?’ We both have incurable diseases for which there is some treatment. Not all diseases have this. It could be much worse.”

Hoye has written a heartbreaking memoir detailing her experience of terminal cancer and says she wants no sympathy or pity from people.

He said: “I want them to say, ‘I love to see you here, and I’m so glad you’re here, it looks like you’re doing well’. And I’m doing well. Today, right here, right now, I’m fine.”

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Today he is a national treasure and a much-loved figure on the UK sporting scene.

He is an Olympic icon, having won seven medals for Team GB, six of them gold.

He won silver in the team sprint at Sydney 2000 and then took his first gold in the 1km time trial at Athens 2004.

He won three golds at Beijing 2008 and was knighted a year later before picking up two more golds at London 2012.

In addition to her Olympic success, she also won 11 gold medals at the World Championships, as well as eight silver and six bronze medals.

He also won two Commonwealth gold medals, before calling time on his track cycling career in 2013.

At the time of his retirement he was Britain’s most successful Olympian and the most successful Olympic cyclist of all time before Sir. Jason Kenny surpassed this record in 2021.

After moving away from track cycling, he switched careers to become a racing driver, becoming the first Summer Olympic medalist to compete in the famous 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2016.

ll That Matters: My Toughest Race Yet by Sir Chris Hoy will be published on November 7. An extract from the book will appear in next weekend’s edition of The Sunday Times