Sir Chris Hoy, a six-time Olympic cycling champion, has stated that his cancer is terminal.
In an interview with the Sunday Times, he stated that doctors have told him he has between two and four years to live.
He told the Sunday Times that he had been diagnosed with primary prostate cancer that had spread to his bones, indicating stage four.
Later on Sunday, the great athlete said on Instagram that he was “feeling fit, strong, and positive”.
Health Secretary Wes Streeting told BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg that he was “in awe” of Sir Chris’s fortitude, positivity, and “wonderful message of hope,” and that the “whole nation” will be cheering him on and sending love.
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The 48-year-old Scot confirmed earlier this year that he had been diagnosed with cancer. He hadn’t previously revealed the type of malignancy.
Sir Chris won six Olympic gold medals between 2004 and 2012, the second most by any British Olympian after Sir Jason Kenny’s seven.
He retired from cycling in 2013, and has since become a regular pundit and commentator for BBC Sport’s cycling coverage.
Sir Chris informed the newspaper that he had known for a year that his disease was fatal.
Tumours were found in his shoulder, pelvis, hip, spine, and ribs.
Sir Chris told the newspaper, “This is nature, no matter how weird it feels.
“You know, we were all born and we all die, so this is
Sir Chris continued, “Hand on heart, I’m very positive most of the time, and I’m genuinely happy. This is larger than the Olympics. It’s bigger than everything. This is about appreciating life and discovering joy.”
After the Sunday Times article was published, he wrote on Instagram: “You may have seen in the news this weekend some articles about my health, so I just wanted to reassure you all that I’m feeling fit, strong, and positive, and overwhelmed by all the love and support shown to my family and me. Onwards!”
Many encouraging comments and well wishes were left beneath the post, including one from fellow former Olympic cyclist Mark Cavendish, who referred to Sir Chris as a “hero of a human being”.
The Olympian’s cancer was discovered last year during a regular scan for shoulder problems, which he felt he had harmed himself while lifting weights at the gym.
The sportsman was with his wife, Sarra, when he received his terminal prognosis. The couple has two children, Callum and Chloe, who were nine and six at the time.
Sarra had received scans just before Sir Chris’ cancer was detected, which revealed she had multiple sclerosis, a degenerative disease.
Scotland’s first minister, John Swinney, described Sir Chris as “a person of incredible courage” and wished him well in an X post.
Born in Edinburgh When Sir Chris resigned, he had won six Olympic, eleven world, and forty-three World Cup titles. He was first inspired to take up cycling by the well-known BMX scenes in the movie E.T.
The cyclist took home three additional gold medals in Beijing four years after winning gold in the first Olympics in Athens in 2004. London 2012 brought him two more gold medals.
His status was so great that he was selected to represent Great Britain as the flag bearer at both the 2008 Olympic closing ceremony and the London Olympic opening ceremony four years later.
In his honor, a stadium was constructed in Glasgow for the 2014 Commonwealth Games.
