Life of Britain's greatest cyclist shattered

Quick note. This is how life can be so cruel. One minute you are on top of the world and the next it is the end of your world - literally.

Sarra and Chris Hoy. Image: Jane Barlow/PA Archive.

Chris Hoy Chris won a total of six gold medals at the Olympic Games. He achieved this feat at the 2004, 2008, and 2012 Olympics, making him one of the most successful British Olympians in history.

He was awesome as a sprinting rider. He is married to Sarra and they have two children, seven-year-old Chloe and 10-year-old Callum.

He has just been diagnosed with terminal cancer. They found a lump in his shoulder and then cancer throughout his body. It is reported that he has 2-4 years to live.

Some weeks before his cancer diagnosis, his wife Sarra had tests on a tingling sensation in her face and tongue.

Then just before Christmas it was confirmed she had multiple sclerosis (MS) that was “very active and aggressive” and needed urgent treatment.

I take this to mean fulminating MS that is usually fatal within a few years. This is not stated in the news story but it looks like it.

I am a big admirer of Hoy. It looks like his life and the life of his wife will end in around 3 years. As I said. life is cruel. These things happen. Humans are vulnerable and fragile. Life is precious. It can end quite suddenly.

Hoy is strong and pragmatic as I would expect. He accepts his fate and will live life to the fullest for as long as he can. I am sure Sarra has the same viewpoint. A great couple.

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