Sir Chris Hoy hailed 'true warrior' as he opens up on 'nightmare' cancer diagnosis

Sir Chris Hoy precocious confirmed that his crab was terminal and he's sat down with BBC Breakfast big Sally Nugent successful his archetypal TV interrogation to sermon his "absolute daze and horror"

BBC Breakfast viewers person rushed to nonstop their enactment to Sir Chris Hoy following his archetypal TV quality since announcing his crab was terminal.

It has been conscionable implicit 2 weeks since six-time Olympic cycling champion made the announcement and clips from his upcoming interrogation with Sally Nugent aired during Tuesday's (November 5) variation of BBC Breakfast.

In the peculiar show, which airs contiguous connected BBC One, Sir Chris tells Sally of the "absolute daze and horror" helium felt astatine his archetypal diagnosis, the "nightmare" of learning woman Sarra had aggregate sclerosis and having to interruption the quality to their 2 young children.

He besides speaks astir however they are dealing with their situation, the outpouring of enactment they person received and however helium is focusing connected the positives and the bully helium hopes tin travel from it.

Fans took to their keyboards to nonstop their good wishes to Chris arsenic the sportsman bravely opened up to Sally. Taking to X, formerly known arsenic Twitter, 1 instrumentality penned: "What an inspirational antheral @chrishoy is, a existent champion. I privation him each the spot and his household done his crab diagnosis. What a victor this antheral is. @BBCSport #champion #sirchris." Another added: "@chrishoy True Warrior."

A 3rd idiosyncratic said: "Courage & Selfless Commitment successful abundance. Leadership, dignity, and candour successful the look of nary greater challenge. What a quality being Sir Chris Hoy is." A 4th societal media idiosyncratic said: "Sir Chris Hoy’s determination is simply a beacon of anticipation for truthful galore facing pugnacious times."

Sir Chris and Sarra person 2 children, Callum and Chloe, who were aged 9 and six astatine the time. "That was the archetypal thought successful my head," Sir Chris says. "How connected world are we going to archer the kids? It's conscionable this implicit horror, it is simply a waking nightmare, surviving nightmare.

"We conscionable tried to beryllium affirmative and tried to accidental bash you cognize what, this is what we're doing and you tin assistance due to the fact that erstwhile I'm not feeling well, you tin travel and springiness maine cuddles, you tin beryllium supportive, you tin beryllium happy, you tin beryllium benignant to each other.

"I'm definite tons of families bash it successful antithetic ways and I deliberation there's nary 1 close attack for anyone. There's nary one-size-fits-all, but for america I deliberation that was the champion mode to bash it."

Sir Chris says chemotherapy "was 1 of the biggest challenges I've ever faced and gone through" astatine a clip erstwhile helium was "still reeling from the diagnosis" conscionable a fewer weeks earlier.

He says helium tried to absorption connected the positives and spot it arsenic "a bully thing, we're present to effort and to commencement punching back, this is going to beryllium a affirmative combat against the cancer".

BBC Breakfast airs regular connected BBC One astatine 6am and Sir Chris Hoy: Finding Hope volition beryllium shown connected BBC One astatine 8pm connected Tuesday, November 5