Sir Chris Hoy at the 2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony Credit: By Carfax2 - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=23829738 In an announcement that has shocked the sporting world, Sir Chris Hoy has released the devastating news that he has been diagnosed with terminal cancer. In a recent interview with The Sunday Times, Olympic icon Hoy opened up about the devastating cancer diagnosis in which he has been advised that he has between two to four years to live.