Sir Chris Hoy feels ‘lucky’ to have time with family after cancer diagnosisBy PA Sport staffSir Chris Hoy admits his cancer diagnosis has put the pressure of his cycling career into perspective and insists he feels “lucky” to have time to spend with his family. During a BBC documentary titled ‘Sir Chris Hoy: Finding Hope’ to be broadcast on Tuesday, Hoy urged men – especially those with a family history of prostate cancer – to ask their GP for a free prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test. “When you hear terminal illness, terminal cancer, you just have this image in your head of what it is, what it’s going to be like. Sir Chris Hoy with the two gold medals he won at the London 2012 Olympics (Tim Ireland/PA) Photo by Tim Ireland“I can bring those images back like that. It felt like life and death in the moment when you were battling it out for an Olympic gold medal, but the stakes have changed dramatically and it is life and death.

Source: Irish Independent November 05, 2024 15:08 UTC