Six-time Olympic champion Sir Chris Hoy has revealed he has “two to four years” left to live after a recent terminal cancer diagnosis.
Hoy, 48, announced in February that he was being treated for cancer but stated that treatment was “going really well.”
But a scan last September showed a tumour in his shoulder, a second scan found the main cancer to be in his prostate – which has since spread to Hoy’s shoulder, pelvis, hip, ribs and spine.
The six-time Olympic cycling champion, who has two children aged seven and 10, has now revealed he has been given a terminal cancer diagnosis.
Hoy told The Sunday Times: “As unnatural as it feels, this is nature.” The 48-year-old added that he has kept his terminal diagnosis private for a year.
“You know, we were all born and we all die, and this is just part of the process,” he said.
“You remind yourself, aren’t I lucky that there is medicine I can take that will fend this off for as long as possible.”
“But most of the battle for me with cancer hasn’t been physical. For me, it has been in my head.”
The former track cyclist is an 11-time world champion, while he competed for Great Britain at four Olympic Games between 2000 and 2012.
This story is being updated.
