Olympic legend given just two years to live
British Olympic legend Sir Chris Hoy has announced that his cancer is terminal.
In an interview with The Sunday Times, the six-time Olympic cycling champion revealed that doctors have told him he has between two and four years to live.
He told the publication that he had initially been diagnosed with cancer in his prostate, which had spread to his bones.
Despite the terminal cancer diagnosis, the athlete remained positive and expressed his gratitude for the messages of support he has been receiving since the article's publication on Sunday.
"You may see in the news this weekend some articles about my health, so I just wanted to reassure you all that I'm feeling fit, strong and positive," he wrote on Instagram.
"Overwhelmed by all the love and support shown to my family and me. Onwards."
Fellow Olympic cyclist Sir Mark Cavendish was among the many British sporting stars to send their support.
"Hero of a human being," Cavendish wrote on Instagram.
Three-time Olympic track medallist, Dame Kelly Holmes, added: "Sending love to you Chris."
"Legend," commented Team GB Paralympic cycling medallist Archie Atkinson.
Scottish Cycling added: "Sending our love and best wishes to Sir Chris and his family from everyone in the Scottish Cycling community.
"As ever, he continues to be an inspiration on and off the track."
UK Health Secretary Wes Streeting expressed his support and admiration for Hoy's openness during such a difficult moment.
"I'm in awe that Chris Hoy is meeting his cancer with the same positivity and resilience that has defined his life and career," Streeting wrote on X.
"The whole country will be cheering him on as we have done so many times before and sending him and his family so much love."
Streeting, a cancer survivor himself, also told the BBC that he was "in awe" of Sir Chris's courage and positivity.
"I'm in awe of his courage and positivity in face of a death sentence, which is what his cancer diagnosis is. The whole nation will be cheering him on now as we have done in the past," he said.
"He is not the only person in this country today dealing with a terminal diagnosis... what a wonderful message of hope he has sent."
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