Sir Chris Hoy is opening up about a very serious diagnosis. The 48-year-old Olympian recently revealed that his cancer diagnosis is terminal, as his wife Sarra continues battling multiple sclerosis. “Once it’s said, you can’t go back.
You can’t unsay it,” he told The Times in an interview, in which he revealed he’s documenting his experience for a forthcoming memoir titled All That Matters: My Toughest Race Yet, set to be released in November. Keep reading to find out more… “There’s so much positivity that can come out of this from all angles.
I’m just really excited that this book hopefully will be able to help people,” he said. After confirming his cancer diagnosis in February, he’s since confirmed that the cancer has metastasized to his bones.
He was told that he had two to four years to live when initially receiving the diagnosis late in 2023. His cancer journey began in September 2023, when he had pain in his shoulder. “I’m just getting a bit old for lifting heavy weights,” he thought, until a doctor found that there was a tumor in his shoulder.