Sir Chris Hoy has broken his leg in a horrific accident he described as the ‘worst crash I’ve ever had’ while continuing his battle with prostate cancer. « I’ve smashed my leg up on the mountain bike, that’s the worst thing that’s happened recently, » he told Sky Sports.
« 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 leg fracture in a major cycling accident. He was out riding his mountain bike when the accident occurred, falling from the saddle and suffering a hard landing. As a result, the Scot ended up with a broken leg and is now ‘hobbling about’ on crutches.
In September 2023, Hoy was diagnosed with stage 4 prostate cancer and shared the news last year. Hoy has been receiving chemotherapy since doctors estimated his life expectancy at two-to-four years.
Speaking about his terminal cancer diagnosis and future outlook, the cycling legend declared: « 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.”
He remains confident of appearing at the World Darts Championship in January, having presented Luke Littler with the trophy 11 months earlier.
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