[Angie10]

More sad news today friends! Some of you may be familiar with Olympic legend Sir Chris Hoy, an 11-time world champion as well as a six-time Olympic champion, who competed for Great Britain at four Olympic Games between 2000 and 2012.

The former track cyclist is Scotland’s most successful Olympian and has the second-most British gold medals behind Jason Kenny. Hoy started his career in BMX before turning to track cycling and won his first Olympic medal in the team sprint at the Sydney Games in 2000.

Hoy, 48, announced in February that he was being treated for cancer. However, after a scan last September showed a tumour in his shoulder, a second scan found the main cancer to be in his prostate – which has since spread to his shoulder, pelvis, hip, ribs and spine. The six-time Olympic cycling champion has now revealed he has been given a terminal cancer diagnosis and has two to four years left to live.

He was awarded a knighthood in the 2009 New Year Honours List and won the BBC Sports Personality of the Year in 2008. He was also a pundit on the BBC’s coverage of the Olympic Games in Paris over the summer.

[Netherrealmer]

I notice Sarcoma which is shoulder cancer is the cancer many athletes ends up having

[Fergal]

That's very sad news indeed, I remember when Chris Hoy was winning medals and I seem to remember that he was on breakfast cereal boxes. Hopefully, he can enjoy the rest of the time he has left and that he doesn't suffer too much.

[Angie10]

I notice Sarcoma which is shoulder cancer is the cancer many athletes ends up having

I wonder if it has anything to do with the sport they play? That would be scary!!

--- 26 Oct 2024, 16:03 ---

That's very sad news indeed, I remember when Chris Hoy was winning medals and I seem to remember that he was on breakfast cereal boxes. Hopefully, he can enjoy the rest of the time he has left and that he doesn't suffer too much.

It's truly sad. For someone so accomplished and talented, at such a young age as well, with young kids! I mean, you also have to wonder, when fit young (as in not old) people develop these nasty diseases and conditions, what else should we be doing to keep healthy?

[Netherrealmer]

I wonder if it has anything to do with the sport they play? That would be scary!!

I was thinking its the supplements for performance enhancement

[Kalayla]

It is advantageous to him that he knows how long he is going to live so he puts everything in order. Better than people that died in a sudeen plane crash.