Chris hoy given purpose by going public about terminal illness and saving lives

SIR CHRIS HOY HAS HELPED MORE THAN 1,000 MEN DETECT THE ILLNESS AFTER OPENING UP ON HIS TERMINAL PROSTATE CANCER PROGNOSIS DAVID O'DORNAN and JAMES CAVEN 18:41, 01 Jun 2025 Olympic hero

Sir Chris Hoy has said knowing he has helped others by going public about his terminal prostate cancer gives him “purpose”. After being diagnosed the brave cyclist partnered with the

charity Prostate Cancer UK to help more than 1,000 men detect the illness. Sir Chris, 49, said: “That campaign has saved lives. In all the chaos and all the fear and all the horror of first

being diagnosed with stage 4 cancer, you can never imagine any positive outcome coming from that situation. “So to know that there is one has given me a purpose. In difficult moments, you

remind yourself, actually there is a net positive from this whole situation. And I’m lucky because I have a platform. “My Instagram message feed is stacked with people who had no symptoms,

and no other kind of reason to go and get a PSA [prostate-specific antigen] test other than they’d seen my news. “And they did it off the back of that, and found out they do have prostate

cancer — and they’ve caught it early, and they’re going to get treatment, and it’s hopefully going to be OK. That gives me a huge lift.” Article continues below Last October Chris revealed

the shock news that his stage 4 prostate cancer was terminal. The dad-of-two also shared that his 45-year-old wife Sara had been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. But despite the couple’s

ill health, the serial winner has trained his mind to feel lucky. He said: “I was terrified at the time, and just even talking about it was difficult. “Every time I mentioned the word

cancer, it was just like, I can’t believe I’m talking about myself. But the more I talk about it, the easier it gets. It doesn’t have the same power over me, the same fear. Article continues

below “I think it’s only when you’re given a really serious diagnosis that you’re truly confronted by your mortality. “It’s something that I wouldn’t wish on anybody, but if you can get

through it, then I think it unlocks a different level of appreciation of life.” He stays motivated because he’s constantly “trying to be better than I was yesterday” and is still taking part

in challenging bike rides because he’s “competitive with myself”