Sir Chris Hoy, one of the nation’s most influential sporting figures.
Picking up 6 Olympic gold medals in sprint cycling and laying a new foundation for Team GB to compete across this event.
The 48 year old has announced a diagnosis of terminal cancer, and has spoken on his illness for the first time.
Picking up 6 Olympic gold medals in sprint cycling and laying a new foundation for Team GB to compete across this event.
The 48 year old has announced a diagnosis of terminal cancer, and has spoken on his illness for the first time.
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00:00Six-time Olympic cycling champion Sir Chris Hoy has announced that his cancer is terminal.
00:09In an interview with the Sunday Times, he says doctors have told him he has between
00:13two and four years to live.
00:15He told the Sunday Times that he had been diagnosed with primary cancer in his prostate,
00:20which had spread to his bones, meaning it was stage four.
00:24Sir Chris won six Olympic golds between 2004 and 2012, the second highest total of any
00:31British Olympian behind Sir Jason Kenney's total of seven.
00:35He retired from cycling in 2013 and in recent years has been a regular pundit and commentator
00:41as part of BBC Sports cycling coverage.
00:44Such was his prestige that he was chosen to be the flag bearer for Team GB at the closing
00:50ceremony of the 2008 Olympics.
00:53The stadium, built in Glasgow for the 2014 Commonwealth Games, was named in his honour.