{"id":615710,"date":"2025-12-06T10:13:19","date_gmt":"2025-12-06T10:13:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/615710\/"},"modified":"2025-12-06T10:13:19","modified_gmt":"2025-12-06T10:13:19","slug":"sir-chris-hoy-gives-update-on-cancer-as-news-about-wife-was-final-kick-in-the-teeth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/615710\/","title":{"rendered":"Sir Chris Hoy gives update on cancer as news about wife was ‘final kick in the teeth’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Legendary Olympian Sir Chris Hoy was told he has cancer just weeks before his wife Lady Sarra’s Multiple Sclerosis diagnosis<\/p>\n

Kasra Moradi<\/strong> Senior Sports Journalist<\/p>\n

17:14, 05 Dec 2025Updated 17:35, 05 Dec 2025<\/p>\n

\"SirSir Chris Hoy has shared a health update(Image: Robert Perry\/PA Wire)<\/p>\n

Sir Chris Hoy<\/a> has provided a health<\/a> update concerning his terminal cancer<\/a> and his wife Sarra’s ongoing battle with Multiple Sclerosis.<\/p>\n

The Scottish cycling<\/a> legend received the heart-breaking diagnosis two years ago after discomfort in his shoulder and ribs led to the discovery of a tumour.<\/p>\n

Medical scans revealed primary prostate cancer had spread to his bones and, in October 2024, the 49-year-old Team GB<\/a> icon announced his condition had advanced to stage four, meaning it was terminal<\/a> with a prognosis of two to four years.<\/p>\n

Hoy appeared on Friday\u2019s The Sports Agents podcast<\/a> with Gabby Logan and Mark Chapman, where he offered a positive update on his current wellbeing while managing his illness.<\/p>\n

Discussing his own health, Sir Chris said: \u201cI\u2019m doing alright. It\u2019s been a funny couple of years but it changes your perspective on everything and you learn to kind of live more in the moment. In that respect I\u2019m doing really well.\u201d<\/p>\n

He chuckled while saying: \u201cI\u2019ve had a bit of a tumble on the mountain bike which wasn\u2019t ideal but apart from that\u2026\u201cI think anybody who has gone through a serious health diagnosis will say the same, that you go through that initial period of getting to the stage of acceptance and then you just get on with life. Particularly if you\u2019ve got young kids or responsibilities, you just have to get on with it.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not easy but you find your way through and once you do, you recognise that you\u2019re still in the same position. None of us know what\u2019s going to happen in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n

Logan then questioned the six-time Olympic gold medallist about his wife’s health, having been diagnosed with MS<\/a> shortly after his own diagnosis leading up to Christmas<\/a> of 2023.<\/p>\n

\"His wife Sarra is facing her own battle with MS(Image: PA)<\/p>\n

Hoy previously revealed that Lady Hoy, with whom he shares two children, initially kept the diagnosis to herself <\/a>after attending a routine MRI scan, having experienced tingling in her face and tongue.<\/p>\n

Hoy has now added: \u201cShe\u2019s doing fine. It was the final kick in the teeth when you thought it couldn\u2019t get any worse. To get that news literally a month or two after my diagnosis, that was the lowest point really.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut she\u2019s an incredible human being. We\u2019re still pushing on and we\u2019re still having fun. We\u2019ve got the house decorated for Christmas. There are times when it\u2019s tough but we\u2019re doing really well.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are times where you forget about it. It\u2019s not like two years ago when you woke up and the first thing you thought about was cancer.\u201d<\/p>\n

Multiple sclerosis is a lifelong condition affecting the brain and spinal cord which has no cure, though medication and various treatments can help manage symptoms including extreme tiredness, vision problems and difficulty with walking or balance.<\/p>\n

\"ChrisSir Chris won six Olympic gold medals(Image: Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Hoy also responded to the UK National Screening Committee’s recommendation against routine prostate cancer screening for the vast majority of men in the UK.<\/p>\n

He said: \u201cI am extremely disappointed and saddened by the recommendation announced by the National Screening Committee today to rule against national screening for men at high risk of prostate cancer. More than 12,000 men are dying of prostate cancer every year; it is now the UK\u2019s most common cancer in men, with black men at double the risk along with men with a family history, like myself.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhilst introducing regular checks for men carrying the BRCA genes is a very small step forward, it is not enough. I know first hand that by sharing my story following my own diagnosis two years ago, many, many lives have been saved. Early screening and diagnosis saves lives.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am determined to continue to use my platform to raise awareness, encourage open discussion, raise vital funds for further research and support, and to campaign for change.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Legendary Olympian Sir Chris Hoy was told he has cancer just weeks before his wife Lady Sarra’s Multiple…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":615711,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4104],"tags":[1204,4230,19438,36100,79,9722,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-615710","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cycling","8":"tag-cancer","9":"tag-cycling","10":"tag-olympic-games","11":"tag-sir-chris-hoy","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-team-gb","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115672096810377370","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615710","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=615710"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615710\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/615711"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=615710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=615710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=615710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}