The six-time Olympic champion Chris Hoy He revealed to the world that he has terminal cancer. A 48-year-old track cycling legend He told it in an interview with The Sunday Times. According to the doctors, the former British cyclist has only a few years to live.
“I have between 2 and 4 years to live. For me, most of the fight against cancer is not physical. It’s a mental thing” said the UK Olympic legend.
Earlier this year he announced that he had been diagnosed cancer. At first Hoy wanted to keep this private, but decided to share it with the outside world in February. The former Scottish cyclist has been diagnosed prostate cancer with metastasis.
According to medical specialists, the cancer has now spread to his bones. They are found in the shoulders, pelvis, hips, spine and ribs.
“As unnatural as it may seem, that is nature. We are all born and we all die. “I consider myself lucky to have medication that allows me to postpone death as long as possible,” said the British track cycling legend.
He is recognized today as one of the greatest track cyclists of all time.. In his illustrious career, he was crowned world champion at least eleven times and won six Olympic titles at the 2004, 2008 and 2012 Games. He is the second most successful athlete in the British Olympics. and it is also one of the the UK’s most respected sports figures.
In 2013 he decided to leave professional cycling.. In recent years, he has worked mainly in the media, as an analyst and host of his own podcast.