Six-time Olympic cycling champion Sir Chris Hoy says he is “optimistic, positive and surrounded by love” after revealing he was diagnosed with cancer last year. .
Former British cyclist (47) posted on Instagram, external He said treatment, including chemotherapy, was “going very well.”
“I continue to work, ride my bike and live my life as normal,” he added.
Hoy won six Olympic gold medals between 2004 and 2012.
The Scot, who is an 11-time world champion and the second-most decorated athlete in Olympic cycling history, said his diagnosis was a “big shock because I had no symptoms”.
He did not reveal the type of cancer he had, but said: “For the sake of my young family, I wanted to keep this information private, but unfortunately I had to take this action.''Thank you for your support.'' However, I would like to continue doing so in the future.” To deal with this personally.
“I'm optimistic, positive, surrounded by love, and I'm so grateful. As you can imagine, the last few months have been incredibly difficult. But I'm okay now.”
“I have some exciting work ahead of me this year, especially in the lead up to the Paris Olympics in July. I can’t wait to dive in, have fun and share it with everyone.”
Huy won an Olympic team sprint silver medal in Sydney 2000, his first gold medal in the 1km time trial in Athens 2004, then three gold medals in Beijing 2008 and London 2012. He won two more gold medals.
He retired from competitive cycling in 2013, becoming the most successful track cyclist of all time with a record 17 world titles in four disciplines.
Only Sir Jason Kenny has won more Olympic gold medals for Britain than Hoy, who was knighted in 2009, with seven.
In recent years, Hoy has been a regular pundit and commentator as part of BBC Sport's cycling coverage.