Blessing, the 48-year-old United Kingdom legend announced that he had failed to fight cancer, had 2-4 years of life left, and won 6 gold medals in 3 Olympic Games

On October 20, Beijing time, 48-year-old United Kingdom cycling legend Chris Hoy, in an interview with The Times, revealed that he was suffering from terminal prostate cancer, cancer cells have spread to the bones, and only have 2-4 years to live.

In February this year, Hoy posted on social media that he had been diagnosed with prostate cancer and was undergoing chemotherapy. But in fact, Hoy knew that his cancer was incurable 1 year ago, but he still chose to hide his illness from the outside world and kept it a secret until now.

Despite nearing the end of his life, Hoy remains positive about life, telling The Times: "Everyone goes through birth, old age, sickness and death, it's just a process, and I'm lucky to have medication to slow it down. ”

Born in 1976 in Edinburgh, Scotland, Hoy won his first Olympic gold medal in the 1000m track time trial in Athens in 2004 and opened the gold medal table for United Kingdom to Athens.

Four years later, at the Beijing Olympics, Hoy, who was at the peak of his career, won three gold medals, and Hoy became the first male athlete in United Kingdom to win three Olympic gold medals in nearly a century. At the London 2012 Olympic Games held on home soil, Hoy became the world's spotlight as the host United Kingdom's flag bearer for the opening ceremony. And he lived up to expectations, taking advantage of the home field to win 2 gold medals again. In three Olympic Games, Hoyhao won 6 gold medals.

In addition to six Olympic gold medals, Hoy has 11 World Championship gold medals and 34 cycling World Cup titles, and he is one of United Kingdom's greatest athletes in Olympic history.