By Robert Summerscales Published: 17:04 EDT, 19 October 2024 | Updated: 17:16 EDT, 19 October 2024

Olympic cycling legend Sir Chris Hoy has said that his cancer is incurable and that he has just ‘two to four years’ left to live.The 48-year-old – who won six Olympic gold medals for Team GB between 2004 and 2012 – revealed in February that he had been diagnosed with cancer.In a statement published to Instagram, Hoy described himself as ‘optimistic’ and ‘positive’. However, he announced this week in an interview with The Times that his cancer was terminal – and that he had known this for over a year.Despite this, Hoy insists that he still feels very ‘lucky’.Hoy married wife Sarra in 2010 and they have two children together.Both children were born prematurely. Son Callum was 11 weeks early in 2014, before daughter Chloe arrived four weeks ahead of schedule.Against the odds, Callum and Chloe are now both perfectly healthy.Unfortunately, the same cannot be said of their parents. In additional to Hoy’s cancer, Sarra has multiple sclerosis.But Hoy told The Times: ‘I still feel like we’re lucky.’ More to follow. 

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Olympic cycling legend Sir Chris Hoy reveals that his cancer is terminal but says he still feels ‘lucky’ after diagnosis of stage 4 disease which has given him ‘two to four years’ to live