Sir Chris Hoy announces his cancer is terminal

He revealed he had cancer last year

Hoy announced the news in an interview with the Sunday Times, with doctors telling him he has between two and four years to live.

The Scot revealed he had cancer last year and confirmed to the newspaper that he has known of his prognosis for a year.

He did not disclose the type of cancer he had at the time he was diagnosed but told the newspaper that he had been diagnosed with primary cancer in his prostate, which had spread to his bones.

Sir Chris told the newspaper: "As unnatural as it feels, this is nature.

"You know, we were all born and we all die, and this is just part of the process.

"You remind yourself, aren't I lucky that there is medicine I can take that will fend this off for as long as possible."

Hoy won six Olympic golds between 2004 and 2012 and is the third most decorated British Olympian of all time.

Since retiring from cycling, Hoy has been on our screens acting as a pundit at various championships including this summer's Olympics and the Track Cycling World Championships which have been taking place this week.