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Sir chris hoy Knows that his efforts to raise money and awareness about prostate cancer will be worth more than his Olympic gold medals.
The six-time Olympic gold medalist revealed last year that his prostate cancer had spread to his bones. Later the doctors gave him two to four years to live.
After Hoy admitted he had started to “spiral”, the 49-year-old explained his incredible mindset shift BBC Documentary titled Sir Chris Hoy: Cancer, Courage and Me.
“We’re all in a dying state. From normal life to being told you have a disease that has no cure, the shock and horror of the initial diagnosis, you spiral and I don’t wish that on anyone, but once you get yourself together and take the weeks and months to get to that point, you realize nothing has changed,” Hoy reflected.
“I wasn’t going to live forever at first, none of us do, but I’ve never had to face my immortality and once you do, it’s about finding a different kind of hope and a way to find hope.
“It’s recognizing the time that you’ve got, which we’ve all got, and you’ve got to make the most of it.”
During an emotional hour-long documentary, BBC cameras go behind the scenes to the Hoy family home and show how the Olympic cycling champion turned his attention to creating a major fundraising event called the Tour D4 following his terminal diagnosis.
Sir Andy Murray She was among thousands of other people suffering from cancer among a star-studded list of attendees as £3.1 million was ultimately raised.
At one point in the filming Murray is shown crying as he detailed how Hoy shared his stage-four diagnosis via a text.
“She’s obviously got this terrible diagnosis but now, ‘What can I really do about it?’ The way he’s lived his life since then has been incredible,” Murray admitted.
“What he’s doing (now) will be his greatest legacy.”
begum laura kennyBritain’s most decorated female Olympian was equally emotional: “Jason (Kenny) rang me and told me. And I don’t know, you’re just shocked because in my mind Chris is a superhero.
“And you think it’s the worst possible situation for one of the nicest people and nicest families you’ll ever meet.”
During Hoy’s struggle with chemotherapy and treatment, his inspirational wife Sarah was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.
Hoy said, “It was almost more shocking than when I got it because it seemed surreal and I was the closest I came to thinking how inappropriate it is, but she’s doing it in a very calm, respectful and cool way.”
“She never demands the spotlight, it’s never about her but she deserves it in every way. I can’t imagine dealing with this without her. She’s an amazing person.”
Sarah Hoy smiled before crying, “He’s still the most handsome man in the room and I always tell him I think I’m the luckiest man to have met him, to have married him.”
“And I still maintain that it has been the privilege of my life to walk with him as he goes through this and I wouldn’t have it any other way. It’s felt a lot easier than it should and that’s because we’re doing it together.”
In typically inspirational fashion, Hoy concluded: “The message is to live in the moment, enjoy the present day and make the most of what you have.
“Talking about it, raising awareness, it’s not a meaningless thing, it makes a difference and that’s what keeps me going.
“The Olympics were something that was my life for so many years and it pushed me forward… but this is on a completely different level because it’s more important than riding a bike in counterclockwise circles, put it that way.”