Sir Chris Hoy has opened up on the feelings of 'absolute shock and horror' after he learned he had a cancerous tumour.
The Team GB icon recently revealed he had terminal cancer, with the Olympic legend having between two and four years left to live.
In a double blow, Hoy's wife Sarra was diagnosed with MS just weeks later.
Now, speaking to the BBC, the 48-year-old has opened up on the feelings of 'absolute shock and horror' he experienced. He also admitted he dreaded telling his wife, saying he struggled to find the right words.
Sir Chris Hoy has opened up on the feelings of 'absolute shock and horror' after he learned he had a cancerous tumour
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"It was the biggest shock of my life," he said.
"I remember the feeling of just absolute horror and shock.
"I just basically walked back in a daze. I couldn't believe the news and I was just trying to process it, I don't remember walking.
"I just remember sort of halfway home thinking 'where am I?' And then I was thinking 'how am I going to tell Sarra? What am I going to say?'."
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Hoy has also called for a change to the current screening in England.
The NHS has no national screening program for prostate cancer, though men aged 50 and over can request a prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test from their GP.
Hoy added: "I believe that the screening for men with a strong family history of prostate cancer, should be a lot younger, a lot.
"It's logical to me why would you not just get the test a little bit earlier, catch it before you need to have any major treatment? So to me it seems a no brainer.
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"Why would they not reduce the age, bring the age down, allow more men to just go in and get a blood test?"
When asked if that's something he could change, he added: "I hope so.
"I hope, well maybe not, maybe people seeing this or hearing about my story and then just by them asking their GP will create enough of a surge of interest, that people that make the decisions will go 'you know what, we need to address this'.
"And in the long term this will actually, even from a logistical point of view would save potentially millions of lives in the long term.
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Sir Chris Hoy has called for a change to prostate cancer screenings in the UK
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"And why wouldn't you, you know, why wouldn't you?!"
Both Hoy's father and grandfather have been diagnosed with prostate cancer.
He learned that he had a terminal illness in September 2023. This, he says, was news that rocked him to his core.
"No symptoms, no warnings, nothing. All I had was a pain in my shoulder and a little bit of pain in my ribs," he admitted.
Sir Chris Hoy pictured with his wife, Sarra, after winning a gold medal at the London Olympics in 2012PAHoy has been given between two and four years to live.
He continues to fight cancer with the same bravery he often displayed throughout his cycling career. That courage saw him win seven Olympic medals - with six of them gold. Only Jason Kenny has more.
