Sir Chris Hoy leaves country with family after terminal cancer announcement

Olympic hero Sir Chris Hoy, 48, has shared the devastating news that his cancer battle is now terminal, while also revealing that his wife Sarra, 40, is battling an aggressive form of Multiple Sclerosis. The former track cycling champion expressed his "worst fear" is his children finding out about his condition from classmates at school.

In a heartfelt interview with The Sunday Times, Sir Chris shared his worries: "I saw your daddy on the news last night and he's going to die."

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To protect their family from the media attention, Sir Chris and his wife have decided to take their children away for a two-week half-term break, hoping the media interest will have lessened by the time they return. He admitted he worried about other children in school mentioning the fact he is going to die to his own kids. "Hopefully the dust will have settled" said Sir Chris, honestly expressing his fears: "You know what? It may happen. If it does, we will deal with it."

Amid the heartache of Hoy's illness, they have told their children about his cancer diagnosis but have not yet disclosed anything about Sarra's MS condition to their young son and daughter.

Chris further explained his family's situation in an extract from his upcoming book, All That Matters, given to The Times: "Another scan just before Christmas confirmed that Sarra had 'very active and aggressive' MS and needed urgent treatment.", reports the Express.

The retired athlete expressed his shock, saying: "It's the closest I've come to, like, you know, why me? Just, what? What's going on here? It didn't seem real. It was such a huge blow, when you're already reeling.

"You think nothing could possibly get worse. You literally feel like you're at rock bottom, and you find out, oh no, you've got further to fall. It was brutal."

Despite confronting a daunting time of fear and uncertainty, the retired sportsman remains optimistic about increasing awareness and wants to "change the perception of stage 4 cancer". Sir Chris has been informed he has a life expectancy of between two and four years after initially visiting the doctor for shoulder pain, assuming it was an injury from the gym.

The subsequent diagnosis revealed prostate cancer that had metastasized to tumours in various locations, including his shoulder, pelvis, hip, spine, and ribs.