Olympic legend Sir Chris Hoy says he has terminal cancer and “two to four years” to live.
Sir Chris, 48, revealedearlier this year he was being treated for an unspecified type of cancer and was “optimistic, positive and surrounded by love”.
However, the former track cyclist announced in an interview with The Times that his cancer – which was diagnosed as prostate cancer – was terminal – and that he had “known this for over a year”.
In a memoir about his past year, Sir Chris recounts the moment he was given the news.
He described how, after being initially found with a tumour in his shoulder, doctors discovered primary cancer in his prostate which had metastasised to his bones.
In the interview with The Times, the ex-Team GB cyclist, who was knighted in 2008, said: “As unnatural as it feels, this is nature.
“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.”
Sir Chris, originally from Edinburgh, told The Times he had two to four years to live.
But it’s not the only challenge being faced by Sir Chris, as he revealed in his memoir how his wife, Sarra Kemp, was diagnosed with “very active and aggressive” multiple sclerosis just a month or so after he was found to have stage 4 cancer.
“It was such a huge blow, when you’re already reeling.”
Sir Chris is an 11-time world champion with six Olympic gold medals and one silver at three different games – Athens, Beijing and London in 2012.
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