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Sir Chris Hoy: British Olympic icon talks to BBC about terminal cancer

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Sir Chris Hoy talks to BBC Breakfast's Sally Nugent for the first time since his cancer diagnosis.

Six -time Olympic cycling champion says he is focusing on the positives and the good he hopes can come from it.

The 48-year-old says the news that he had a terminal illness came "completely out the blue" in September 2023 .

Sir Chris reveals his wife Sarra was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis last year .

Sir Chris won six gold medals at four Olympic Games and won six Olympic golds.

He is hoping to persuade more men to take a prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test to check for prostate cancer.

One in eight men will have prostate cancer in their life at some point.

Sir Chris would like to see screening for men with a strong family history of prostate cancer start at an earlier age.

He has used that time to write a book - All That Matters: My Toughest Race Yet - which is released this week .

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