Former track cyclist Sir Chris Hoy delivered the match ball before the Six Nations match in Scotland against Ireland on Sunday.
The emotional moment has occurred after the co-captain Rory Darge expressed the hope that the presence of Hoy would increase the performance of the team in such an important moment for the national team.
In October 2024, Hoy announced that doctors had given him two to four years to live after receiving a primary cancer diagnosis in his prostate, which then spread to his bones.
He is one of the most aware Olympians in the country, having obtained six gold medals and silver between 2000 and 2012.
“I’m sure he will get a good reception in Murrayfield, and it will be a special moment and a good start to the match,” said Darge on Saturday.
Now, the 48 -year -old has been seen delivered the match ball before kick -off, after driving the car of legends at the front of the Scottish team bus, leading them to the stadium.
The former track cyclist, Sir Chris Hoy, delivered the ball before the six nations began between Scotland and Ireland
The legend of the Olympic Games also led the main car of legends to the front of the Scottish team bus to lead them to Murrayfield
Scottish co-captain Rory Darge previously expressed his hope that the team would be inspired by the presence of Hoy
The bicycle icon received a standing ovation from a closed window crowds of more than 67,000 in Murrayfield.
Before the start of the match, Darge added: “I’m sure the crowd of Murrayfield will take behind that and will make it an even more special moment. We hope that this energy will be something that we can feed ourselves as players and put in performance.
In October 2024, addressing the Sunday Times, Hoy revealed that he had “known him for over a year” that he had stadium cancer.
However, the legend of the bicycle recently declared that he was responding to the treatment well and added that he was “optimistic, positive and surrounded by love”.
‘I’m doing well. I have been in the best form in which I have been for over a year, “he told Sky Sports. “I do not suffer physically at all. The treatment worked very well. Everything is stable. I could not have responded better to the available treatment.
“In the current situation, the best scenario.
“I am so lucky to have really incredible people around me, family, friends, medical support, the general public that you really supported and gathered morale. I feel very lucky in this regard.
At 48, he actively sensitizes prostate cancer and supported the Doddie Weir Foundation, which finances research on motor neurons.
His wife Sarra also received a diagnosis of multiple sclerosis in 2023, which led Hoy to strike his “lowest point”
Since his diagnosis, the Olympic hero Hoy has focused on raising awareness of prostate cancer
This week, Hoy expressed that his efforts to draw attention to the disease “gave me a goal”.
He launched a new charitable bicycle ride called “Tour de 4”, aimed at educating the public on the diagnosis of cancer of the four stadium while collecting funds for five charities against cancer in the United Kingdom.
Before launch, he said: “It is really important for me to highlight what a diagnosis of cancer of scene 4 can look like and to demonstrate that it is possible to live well and to lead a happy life alongside of this devastating diagnosis. ”
The former Olympian and his wife Sarra have two children, Callum and Chloé, who were nine and six years old, respectively, when their parents learned his illness.
In November 2023, Sarra learned that she had multiple sclerosis, a condition that affects the brain and spinal cord, which cannot currently be healed and can only be managed by treatment.