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CYCLING fable Sir Chris Hoy has spoken retired to reassure fans hours aft helium revealed helium has terminal cancer.
The six-time Olympic golden medallist, 48, announced yesterday helium has just 4 years to live.
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Sir Chris is presently successful Copenhagen covering the World Track Cycling Championships for the BBC - and volition beryllium connected TV this afternoon.
He has posted a photograph alongside immoderate of the broadcasting squad from the Ballerup Super Arena and said it's "great to beryllium out".
He told fans: "You whitethorn spot successful the news this play immoderate articles astir my health, truthful I conscionable wanted to reassure you each that I’m feeling fit, beardown and positive, and overwhelmed by each the emotion and enactment shown to my household and me."
Sir Chris had said successful February helium was being "treated for cancer" and claimed it was going good - though knew successful world it was "management".
He went connected to commentate the cycling events for the BBC astatine this year's Paris Olympics contempt his terminal crab diagnosis.
It comes aft the dad-of-two revealed his woman Sarra was diagnosed with incurable and degenerative aggregate sclerosis.
They person not told their kids, seven-year-old Chloe and 10-year-old Callum.
He told the Sunday Times: "As unnatural arsenic it feels, this is nature.
"You know, we were each calved and we each die, and this is conscionable portion of the process.
"You punctual yourself, aren’t I fortunate that determination is medicine I tin take that volition fend this disconnected for arsenic agelong arsenic possible."
DIAGNOSIS
The prima had gone to the doc successful September past twelvemonth aft feeling a strain successful his shoulder.
A tumour was recovered successful his enarthrosis - earlier a 2nd scan recovered the primary cancer in his prostate.
The prostate cancer had metastasised to Sir Chris's bones - including his shoulder, pelvis, ribs, and spine.
Sir Chris recounted however helium told his children that no-one lives for ever but helium hopes to "be present for many, galore much years".
He began chemotherapy in November, wearing an highly achy acold headdress to support his hair.
The sportsman suffered a convulsive allergic absorption successful gruelling chemo sessions - but lone missed 5 days of grooming connected a bike.
How Chris Hoy went from lad connected £5 motorcycle inspired by ET to 6-time Olympic champion
By Jonathan Rose
SIR Chris Hoy began cycling astatine the property of six aft helium was inspired by the 1982 movie ET.
Before helium moved connected to way cycling, helium rode a BMX bike until the property of 15.
Sir Chris was ranked 2nd successful Britain, 5th successful Europe and ninth successful the World.
His dada picked up a £5 motorcycle from a jumble merchantability - 4 years later Sir Chris was competing successful the semi-final of a BMX satellite title race.
"I was six erstwhile I saw ET," helium told The Guardian in 2020. "It changed my life. I wasn't funny successful cycling astatine each before."
"The bikes I'd seen successful Edinburgh conscionable seemed functional things for getting from A to B," continued Hoy, who grew up in Murrayfield.
"Then I saw those BMX bikes connected surface and I was hooked. It wasn't the country wherever they rhythm crossed the sky, but erstwhile they get chased by the constabulary and they're doing jumps and skidding circular corners.
"It was the astir breathtaking happening I'd ever seen. I wanted to bash that."
Four years aboriginal helium became portion of the British nationalist squad.
A satellite title medal came successful 1999 with metallic successful the squad sprint.
Sir Chris went connected to go the 2nd astir decorated Olympic cyclist of each time.
Well-wishes for the BBC pundit person poured successful since his wellness announcement.
Sir Mark Cavendish, who holds the grounds for astir stages won successful the Tour de France, hailed Sir Chris arsenic a “hero of a quality being”.
Amy Joy Williams, MBE, the British erstwhile skeleton racer and Olympic golden medallist, added: "A axenic superhuman who everyone loves. x"
And, Paddy McGuinness shared: "Some man", arsenic Dame Kelly Holmes wrote: "Sending emotion to you Chris." While comedian Jack Whitehall penned: "Sending you each the emotion mate."
Sir Chris and Sarra person chosen low-risk but little effectual treatments for Sarra's MS.
On immoderate days Sarra struggles to acceptable successful the cardinal successful the door, Sir Chris said.
The mates person not yet told their 2 children astir Sarra's MS diagnosis.
Sir Chris has besides present written a heartbreaking memoir detailing his acquisition of terminal cancer.
He said signaling the audio mentation of his memoir is the hardest happening helium has ever done.
The publication ends with Sir Chris's connection to his children - which helium said volition beryllium the words they perceive to erstwhile helium is gone.
All That Matters: My Toughest Race Yet by Sir Chris Hoy is published connected November 7.
What are the symptoms of prostate cancer?
Symptoms of prostate crab tin include:
- needing to pee much frequently, often during the night
- needing to unreserved to the toilet
- difficulty successful starting to pee (hesitancy)
- straining oregon taking a agelong clip portion peeing
- weak flow
- feeling that your bladder has not emptied fully
- blood successful urine or blood successful semen
Source: NHS
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