Sir Chris Hoy opens up on his 'unimaginable' year after his terminal cancer diagnosis and reveals how he has dealt with coming to terms with stage 4 disease in public
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Olympic legend Sir Chris Hoy opened up on his 'unimaginable' year after being diagnosed with terminal cancer but said he is responding well to treatment. Hoy, 48, was given between two to four years to live by doctors after being diagnosed with primary cancer in his prostate which then spread to his bones.
![[Hoy, the winner of six Olympic gold medals, was given between two to four years to live]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/28/09/93537861-14231783-image-a-21_1735378423896.jpg)
He revealed earlier this year that he was being treated for an unspecified type of cancer and was 'optimistic, positive and surrounded by love'. But, speaking to The Sunday Times in October, Hoy announced his cancer had become stage 4 and that he had 'known this for over a year'.
![[Speaking to Sky Sports News, he said he is in good spirits and responding well to treatment]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/28/09/93537871-14231783-image-a-23_1735378457476.jpg)
Hoy, who won six Olympic cycling gold medals between 2004 and 2012, believes he is now in good shape and is thankful for the outpouring of support. 'I'm doing well. I'm in the best shape I've been in in over a year,' he told Sky Sports News. 'I'm physically not in any pain at all. Treatment has worked really well. Everything is stable. I couldn't have responded better to the treatment available.
![[Hoy (pictured in 2012) revealed earlier this year he was battling an unspecified type of cancer]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/28/09/93537841-14231783-image-a-24_1735378470101.jpg)
Sir Chris Hoy has opened up on his 'unimaginable' year after being diagnosed with terminal cancer (pictured: Hoy with his wife Sarra at the BBC Sports Personality of the Year awards). Hoy, the winner of six Olympic gold medals, was given between two to four years to live.
![[He received the 'biggest shock' of his life after multiple tumours were discovered]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/28/09/93537849-14231783-image-a-25_1735378477592.jpg)
Speaking to Sky Sports News, he said he is in good spirits and responding well to treatment. 'In the current situation, the best case scenario. 'I'm very grateful. It's been an unimaginable year. 18 months ago, if you had told me this was coming up, you couldn't have imagined it. That's life, isn't it? You get curveballs. It's how you deal with it. You make a plan and you move forward.
![[Hoy (pictured with his dad David in 2008) is now determined to increase cancer awareness]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/28/09/91684705-14231783-Hoy_pictured_with_his_father_in_2008_was_known_for_his_cycling_e-a-26_1735378481852.jpg)
