{"id":427654,"date":"2024-10-20T19:08:19","date_gmt":"2024-10-20T19:08:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=427654"},"modified":"2024-10-20T22:10:34","modified_gmt":"2024-10-20T22:10:34","slug":"tributes-for-hero-olympic-legend-after-sad-reveal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=427654","title":{"rendered":"Tributes for 'hero' Olympic legend after sad reveal"},"content":{"rendered":"

The British sporting world has paid tribute to champion cyclist<\/a> Sir Chris Hoy after he revealed his diagnosis with terminal cancer<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Speaking with The Sunday Times, Hoy revealed he has two to four years of life left after learning his cancer diagnosis had become terminal.<\/p>\n

\ufeffSocial media was flooded with messages of support for Hoy, who is currently working on the BBC's coverage of the World Track Cycling Championships in Copenhagen.<\/p>\n

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Hoy expressed his gratitude for the supportive messages he has received since the article's publication on Sunday (AEDT).<\/p>\n

"You may see in the news this weekend some articles about my health, so I just wanted to reassure you all that I'm feeling fit, strong and positive," he wrote on Instagram.<\/p>\n

"Overwhelmed by all the love and support shown to my family and me. Onwards."<\/p>\n

\"Sir<\/p>\n

Scottish Cycling\ufeff wrote on Instagram: "Sending our love and best wishes to Sir Chris and his family from everyone in the Scottish Cycling community.<\/p>\n

"As ever, he continues to be an inspiration on and off the track."<\/p>\n

Fellow Olympic cyclist Sir Mark Cavendish was among the many British sporting stars to comment on the post.<\/p>\n

"Hero of a human being," Cavendish wrote.<\/p>\n

"Sending love to you Chris," Dame Kelly Holmes, \ufeffthree-time Olympic track medallist added."\ufeff<\/p>\n

"Legend," Team GB Paralympic cycling medallist Archie Atkinson said. \ufeff<\/p>\n

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\ufeffUK health secretary Wes Streeting expressed his support and admiration for Hoy's openness during \ufeffsuch a life defining moment.<\/p>\n

"I'm in awe that Chris Hoy is meeting his cancer with the same positivity and resilience that has defined his life and career," Streeting wrote on X.<\/p>\n

"The whole country will be cheering him on as we have done so many times before and sending him and his family so much love."<\/p>\n

Streeting, a cancer survivor himself, continued his praise for Hoy on air with the BBC.<\/p>\n

"I'm in awe of his courage and positivity in face of a death sentence\ufeff, which is what his cancer diagnosis is. The whole nation will be cheering him on now as we have done in the past.<\/p>\n

"He is not the only person in this country today dealing with a terminal diagnosis… what a wonderful message of hope he has sent."<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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