'Stay strong': Beckham adds to outpouring of support after Hoy reveals cancer is terminal

David Beckham is among the latest to nonstop messages of enactment to Sir Chris Hoy aft helium revealed his crab is terminal.

There's been an outpouring of enactment for the aggregate Olympic champion aft helium said helium had betwixt 2 and 4 years near to live.

Beckham added his dependable to the messages, posting precocious past night: "Stay beardown mate support smiling."

A big of athletics and amusement stars person replied to Sir Chris's Instagram station successful which helium said helium was "overwhelmed by each the love".

Fellow cycling fable Sir Mark Cavendish called him a "hero of a quality being", portion erstwhile Scotland footballer and pundit Ally McCoist posted: "You, my person are a superstar successful each consciousness of the word. Love and spot from america all."

There were besides messages of enactment from Olympic and Paralympic champions Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill and Dame Sarah Storey, arsenic good arsenic TV personalities Jack Whitehall and Paddy McGuinness.

"Chris Hoy is 1 of the finest to ever correspond our country. Thoughts with him, Sarra and his contiguous family," said British rowing large Sir Matthew Pinsent connected X.

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer added his dependable to the good wishes, posting: "Such bittersweet news. Chris is simply a British sporting legend.

"To look his diagnosis with specified positivity is inspiring. The full state is down him and his family."

That sentiment was echoed by Health Secretary Wes Streeting, who told Sky News' Trevor Phillips helium was "in awe" of the "optimism and positivity" shown by Sir Chris successful specified a hard situation.

Sir Chris revealed successful February helium was being treated for cancer, but told The Sunday Times helium has terminal prostate crab and has known for much than a year.

The six-time Olympic champion said the illness was present incurable and had dispersed to his bones, with tumours successful his shoulder, pelvis, hip, spine and rib.

"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," helium told the newspaper.

"You punctual yourself, aren't I fortunate that determination is medicine I tin instrumentality that volition fend this disconnected for arsenic agelong arsenic possible."

Sir Chris said a tumour was initially recovered successful his enarthrosis past twelvemonth and a follow-up scan revealed the superior cancer was successful his prostate.

Prostate crab is the astir communal crab successful men and astir cases make successful radical aged 50 oregon older. Some cases tin beryllium cured if treated successful the aboriginal stages.

The 48-year-old Scot is joined with 2 children aged 7 and 10 - and his woman Sarra besides has important wellness challenges.

Sir Chris said she was diagnosed with "very progressive and aggressive" aggregate sclerosis conscionable a period oregon truthful aft helium recovered retired astir his stage-four cancer.

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The erstwhile Olympian was portion of the BBC's Paris 2024 sum successful the summertime and is present with the broadcaster astatine the satellite way cycling championships.

Posting a photograph with the team, helium said: "You whitethorn spot successful the quality 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. Onwards!"

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Sir Chris is an 11-time satellite champion, with six Olympic gold medals and 1 metallic astatine 3 antithetic games - Athens, Beijing and London successful 2012.

He retired successful 2013 and since past has been a regular TV pundit arsenic good arsenic competing successful motorsport events, including the celebrated Le Mans 24 contention successful 2016.