- Sir Chris Hoy has revealed how difficult recording his audio memoir has been
- The six-time gold medallist has shared he has stage four prostate cancer
- Tragically Hoy, 48, may only have ‘two to four years left to live’
Sir Chris Hoy has revealed how writing certain segments of his memoir was the ‘hardest thing he’s ever done’.
Speaking in an interview with the Times, Hoy explained that recording the audio version of his memoir ‘All That Matters: My Toughest Race Yet’ was ‘never going to be easy’.
The final chapter, the 48-year-old Scotsman says, ‘is basically where I’m writing to the kids. You know, my message to them.
‘[You’re] reading the words out loud, you have to connect emotionally. You’ve got to actually read in a way that means something.
‘But the risk is getting too close to it – because you’re suddenly thinking, these are the words that my kids will listen to when I’m gone.
‘And that is, without doubt, the hardest thing I’ve ever done.’
Hoy and wife Sarra, a lawyer met in 2006 and were married in 2010 at St Giles’ Cathedral in Edinburgh.
They have two children, Callum, 10 and Chloe, seven, who are aware of their dad’s diagnosis.
They do not, however, know the severity of the disease – something Hoy and his wife have so far kept from sharing with them.
Hoy – who won six Olympic gold medals forTeam GB between 2004 and 2012 – revealed in February that he had been diagnosed with prostate cancer.
Now, tragically, he’s shared that it’s terminal and he could have only ‘two to four years left to live’.
The stage-four cancer diagnosis has left the cycling community – and wider world of sport – in shock.
Fans have flooded social media with their reaction to the news, sharing both their sorrow and support for the Scotsman and his family.
Hoy was knighted in 2008 while he was still an active athlete.
His royal recognition came shortly after he became the first British male Olympian in 100 years to win three gold medals at one Games.
Hoy – who won his first Olympic gold in 2004 – added two more at London 2012 before announcing his retirement from cycling in 2013.
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