Sir Chris Hoy breaks leg in ‘worst crash I’ve ever had’ amid most cancers battle
Sir Chris Hoy has broken his leg in a serious mountain bike accident as he continues his ongoing treatment for prostate cancer
Sir Chris Hoy has suffered a severe leg break in a dreadful accident he described as the ‘worst crash I’ve ever had’ despite being a professional cyclist for 15 years.
The incident has left Hoy on crutches while he continues his battle against prostate cancer. Revealing his leg break, Hoy told Sky Sports: “I’ve smashed my leg up on the mountain bike, that’s the worst thing that’s happened recently.
“You just don’t bounce back like you used to when you were younger. It was a big one. I’m doing better now, still on crutches, hobbling about, but hopefully by the time of the darts final on January 3, I’ll be a bit more mobile.
“You just don’t bounce like you do when you’re younger. It was a big one. I’m doing better now, I’m still on crutches, hobbling about, but by the time I’m there for the darts final on January 3, hopefully I’ll be a bit more mobile.
“Worse things happen. I’ve been riding bikes for 43 years and it’s the worst crash I’ve ever had. I’m pretty lucky that’s the worst one I’ve had in all those years of riding. You can trip walking up steps to your front door and hurt yourself. The point is I’m not a massive risk taker, but I want to live my life and I want to make the most of it.
“None of us are here forever so you want to make the most of the time you have and do the things you enjoy. I’ve just had an unfortunate spill and it’s the way the cookie crumbles. I’m doing alright now, I wasn’t doing so well in the immediate aftermath of it, but looking forward to Christmas.”
The 49-year-old sustained a serious fracture in his leg in the major cycling crash. He was out on his mountain bike when the incident occurred, resulting in a fall from the saddle and a hard landing.
Consequently, the Scot ended up with a broken leg and is now ‘hobbling about’ on crutches.
Hoy has been battling terminal cancer, having received a stage 4 prostate cancer diagnosis in September 2023. The six-time Olympic gold medallist, who announced the news last year, has undergone chemotherapy, with doctors estimating his life expectancy at two-to-four years.
Speaking candidly about his health and the future, Hoy said: “Once you’ve got past the diagnosis, which for me was over two years ago, now the first part of that is pretty grim and then you start treatment. Then, if you’re lucky like me, you respond to the treatment and then you enter a period of kind of stability.
“It’s not completely stable, there’s times where it comes back and then you have to change treatment, but the fortunate thing for me in my situation, there are a number of different treatments out there, as there are for any men with prostate cancer.
“It’s putting faith in science and knowing that right now, today, there are countless people all around the world working on new medications, new treatments, and with the hope that one day it won’t be a terminal diagnosis, but I’m doing fine.”
Despite his health struggles, Hoy plans to attend the World Darts Championship in January, 11 months after presenting the trophy to Luke Littler.
