British Olympian Chris Hoy reveals his cancer is terminal

Six-time Olympic champion Chris Hoy has revealed his cancer is terminal.

The former track cyclist has been given a diagnosis and has two to four years left to live, according to the Sunday Times.

The 48-year-old Scot had revealed in February he was undergoing treatment, including chemotherapy, but the Sunday Times says he has known for a year that his cancer was terminal.

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In an interview with the newspaper, Hoy said: “You know, we were all born and we all die, and this is just part of the process.

“You remind yourself, aren’t I lucky that there is medicine I can take that will fend this off for as long as possible.”

A tumour was found in Hoy’s shoulder and a second scan found primary cancer in his prostate, which has metastasised to his bones.

Tumours have also been found in his shoulder, pelvis, hip, spine and rib and he has been told it is incurable.

Hoy and his lawyer wife Sarra have two children, seven-year-old Chloe and 10-year-old Callum.

He recalls Callum, who was then aged nine, asking if he was going to die.

Hoy told him that no-one lives forever, but he hoped, thanks to the medicine, “to be here for many, many years”.

Some weeks before his cancer diagnosis, his wife Sarra had tests on a tingling sensation in her face and tongue.

Then just before Christmas it was confirmed she had multiple sclerosis (MS) that was “very active and aggressive” and needed urgent treatment.

The couple have not told their