Chris Hoy Source: SITA
LONDON – Six-time Olympic track cycling champion Chris Hoy has announced that doctors have diagnosed him with the last stage of prostate cancer with bone metastases and he has the last two to four years to live.
In an interview with The Times, 48-year-old Hoy said that despite his advanced illness, he remains positive and enjoys life.
Hoy first reported on his illness in February, when he wrote on social media that he was being treated and was optimistic, without further details about the type of cancer. Now he admitted in an interview that he has known for more than a year that his disease is incurable.
“Honestly, most of the time I’m pretty positive and I’m really happy,” Hoy said. “This is bigger than the Olympics. It’s bigger than anything else. It’s about appreciating life and finding joy. As unnatural as it may seem, that’s nature. We’re all born and we all die, and this is just part of the process,” he added.
Last year, Hoy wrote a memoir in which he described how doctors diagnosed him with cancer after finding a tumor in his shoulder. He also stated that he had an allergic reaction to chemotherapy. In November, the family suffered another blow when his wife was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.
“But you keep reminding yourself that we’re lucky to have drugs that we can take that will slow it down as long as possible.” Hoy said. “I have learned to live in the present moment and experience days of true joy and happiness. It is absolutely not denial or self-delusion. It is about realizing what we can control. Fear and anxiety all come from trying to predict the future. But the future is only abstract concept in our minds. None of us know what will happen. All we know is that our time on this planet is limited.” he added.
Hoy collected six Olympic gold medals at the 2004 Athens Games, 2008 Beijing Games and 2012 London Games. He also has 11 world titles in his collection. In 2009, Queen Elizabeth II. she was fit for a knight.
“If you can meet with triumph and disaster and treat those two imposters just the same”.
Blown away by the resilience and determination of Sir Chris Hoy this morning.
Shortly after being told that he has between 2-4 years to live because of his terminal cancer… his lovely… pic.twitter.com/wSHPnwXt8f
— Dan Walker (@mrdanwalker) October 20, 2024
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