Sir Chris Hoy has announced his cancer is terminal.
The six-time Olympic champion has been given a diagnosis and has two to four years left to live, according to the Sunday Times.
The 48-year-old Scot had revealed in February he was undergoing treatment, including chemotherapy, but the Sunday Times says he has known for a year that his cancer was terminal.
Sir Chris Hoy, the six-time Olympic gold medallist, announced in February that he has cancer. Now, he reveals publicly that his illness is incurable. He tells us how he is determined to find hope and happiness on the home straight https://t.co/gv4dQgoHuR
— The Times and The Sunday Times (@thetimes) October 19, 2024
In an interview with the newspaper, Hoy said: “You know, we were all born and we all die, and this is just part of the process.
“You remind yourself, aren’t I lucky that there is medicine I can take that will fend this off for as long as possible.”
In February, Hoy said he felt “forced” to reveal his cancer diagnosis publicly.
At that time, Hoy said he was “going really well” and was “optimistic, positive and surrounded by love for which I’m truly grateful” after his diagnosis in 2023.
Hoy was a pundit for the BBC covering the Paris 2024 Olympics in the summer.
During his career on the track, he won six Olympic gold medals, 11 world championships and 34 World Cup titles by the time he retired from competitive racing in 2013.
Only his former team-mate Sir Jason Kenny has won more Olympic gold medals for Great Britain.
Edinburgh-born Hoy took up cycling at the age of 14 and won his first Olympic medal, a team sprint silver, at Sydney in 2000.
Hoy followed that up by winning gold in the 1km track time trial at Athens in 2004.
He added to his gold medal haul by winning three more at Beijing four years later and two at London 2012.
Hoy was knighted in the 2008 New Year Honours List after his success at the Beijing Olympics.
