Sir Chris Hoy issues positive health update after his terminal cancer diagnosis as Olympic legend reveals he is 'feeling good' and has entered a 'stabiltiy stage'

Sir Chris Hoy has revealed that helium is 'feeling good' and has entered a 'stability stage' amid his conflict with cancer.

The legendary cyclist, 49, was diagnosed with Stage 4 prostate cancer successful September 2023 following a regular cheque connected a enarthrosis strain showed a tumour, earlier a further scan revealed the superior crab to beryllium successful his prostate which had dispersed to his bones. 

The six-time Olympic golden medallist archetypal said helium was having crab attraction past February earlier helium made the prognosis nationalist successful October, adding helium lone had 2 to 4 years to unrecorded contempt undergoing chemotherapy. 

He has present offered a affirmative update connected his health, admitting that crab is not the 'first thing' helium thinks astir successful the morning. 

Hoy, who became Scotland's astir succesful Olympian successful 2008, told Sky Sports: 'I've entered a spot of a stableness signifier astatine the moment. 

'I'm feeling good, exercising, riding the bike, engaged and astir importantly crab is not the archetypal happening I deliberation astir successful the greeting erstwhile I aftermath up and it's not the past happening I deliberation astir erstwhile I spell to furniture astatine night. 

'I consciousness good, you know, I'm connected changeless medications, changeless treatment, but it's not interfering excessively overmuch with my life. And the astir important happening is it's working, truthful I'm unchangeable astatine the moment, everything's good. So making hay portion the prima shines.'

Hoy antecedently admitted it is hard to beryllium 'positive each the time' and that you person to 'find hope' portion battling the illness, but that helium is inactive readying 'big breathtaking things' for the future. 

He had urged thousands of men to cheque their likelihood of suffering with prostate crab and admitted seeing different radical catching it aboriginal has fixed him 'purpose'.

'I didn't deliberation astir what the imaginable outcomes of going nationalist with my diagnosis mightiness be,' the Olympic leader said.

'But erstwhile you perceive from people, erstwhile you talk to radical who archer you that they person gone and had a PSA trial disconnected the backmost of your diagnosis, they person gone and they've recovered that they had nary symptoms, nary problems astatine all, but they had a cheque and it turns retired they've got crab too, but they've caught it aboriginal capable to dainty it and to cure it.

'It makes consciousness of the situation, it makes consciousness of my situation.

'That lifts you up a immense amount. It gives you hope, it gives you a purpose. I can't judge the presumption I'm successful present compared to 18 months ago.

The 11-time satellite champion said he is appreciating beingness much than ever, enjoying the small things, and is astatine a constituent helium 'never imagined' helium would beryllium capable to reach.  

Hoy retired successful 2013 earlier acting arsenic a pundit and commentator for the BBC.

The father-of-two said helium received the 'biggest shock' of his beingness aft tumours were discovered successful his shoulder, pelvis, hip, spine and rib.

He aboriginal released a brave nationalist connection confirming his diagnosis.

'Initially, it's not easy,' helium said. 'We tried to support it backstage and support it to ourselves successful the archetypal fewer weeks and months, conscionable to get our heads astir the situation.

'Our manus was forced initially successful that a writer started snooping around, truthful we had to marque an announcement that I'd been diagnosed with cancer.

'I was going done attraction astatine that point, done chemotherapy, but that I was doing OK and would explicate much successful owed course. That was astir apt the hardest part, explaining the afloat situation. It was a large measurement but we knew it was the close happening to do.

'I deliberation it's astir not wanting speculation. You privation to beryllium definite that the facts are retired there. The little you give, the much radical are going to speculate and the much the media are going to pry and possibly travel up with mendacious information.

'We thought, "let's get connected the beforehand foot, let's archer the communicative however it is."

'One of the biggest motivators personally was it means I tin bash a affirmative thing, which is mounting up a foundation lawsuit adjacent year. Then you person a purpose.

'For maine now, this is my purpose.'

Hoy has 2 children, Callum and Chloe, with his woman Sarra. 

He is progressive successful an yearly 'Tour de 4' foundation fundraising motorcycle thrust for crab patients, which aims for 'as galore radical arsenic imaginable who person been affected by cancer' to rhythm from Glasgow to Edinburgh each summer.