2024-02-17 13:20:39
Sir Chris Hoy won gold at three Olympic Games. Now the former track cycling star is making his cancer public.
Six-time Olympic track cycling champion Chris Hoy is suffering from cancer. As the 47-year-old announced on Instagram, he was diagnosed with the disease last year. “I am currently receiving treatments including chemotherapy, which fortunately is working well,” wrote the Scot. The diagnosis was a shock because he didn’t feel any symptoms. He did not provide any information about the type of cancer.
The fact that he has now gone public with his illness is not voluntary. “For the sake of my young family, I wanted to keep this information secret, but unfortunately we were forced to do so,” Hoy said, without going into details. He is grateful for any support, but wants to keep everything else private.
Hoy wants to take part in the Olympic Games in Paris
Hoy won gold six times in various sprint disciplines at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, 2008 in Beijing and 2012 in London. For his successes, he was knighted by the then Queen Elizabeth II in 2009 and can call himself Sir Chris Hoy.
As anyone can imagine, the past few months have been very difficult. “Anyway – currently I’m feeling good, continuing my work, cycling and living my life as normal,” Hoy wrote. There is an exciting year full of work ahead of him, not least because of the Olympic Games in Paris. “I can’t wait to be there, have fun and share it with you,” emphasized the 47-year-old.