MOSCOW, February 16 Six-time Olympic champion in track cycling Briton Chris Hoy said that he is being treated for cancer.
«I was diagnosed with cancer last year, which came as a shock given that I had not had any symptoms before. I am currently undergoing treatment, including a course of chemotherapy, which, fortunately, is going very well.» good. For the sake of my young family, I hoped to keep this information secret, but unfortunately it had to be announced. As you can imagine, the last months have been very difficult,” Hoy wrote on his Instagram page (activities of Meta (social networks Facebook and Instagram) is banned in Russia as extremist). «Despite this, at the moment I feel good, I continue to work, ride a bike and live a normal life. A very interesting year of work lies ahead, especially the Olympic Games in Paris, which will be held in July,» he added .
Hoy is 47 years old and has six gold and one silver medals at the Olympic Games, as well as 11 victories at the world championships.