Sir Chris Hoy reveals he has two to four years to live after terminal cancer diagnosis

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Sir Chris Hoy reveals he has two to four years to live after terminal cancer diagnosis
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Six-time Olympic champion Sir Chris Hoy has revealed that his cancer diagnosis is terminal, told he has two to four years to live.

Hoy revealed his cancer diagnosis earlier this year Olympic legend Sir Chris Hoy has revealed doctors have given him two to four years to live after being diagnosed with terminal cancer. Hoy, 48, revealed earlier this year he was undergoing chemotherapy after being diagnosed with cancer in 2023, explaining the treatment was ‘going really well’. But in an interview with The Sunday Times, one of Great Britain’s greatest ever sportsmen has now revealed his condition is terminal.

Hoy began chemotherapy treatment in November with the process described in the interview as a ‘horror show’, suffering a ‘violent allergic reaction’ during one round of treatment that left him ‘absolutely broken by the end of it’. Hoy also recalled an incident where a journalist reached out enquiring if he had a ‘terminal illness’, at a stage where the Briton was still ‘a long way from sharing his diagnosis’ with the world.’ ‘It would have happened at some point,” Hoy said of the leak.

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