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<\/p>\nHis treatment was successful and after a “tough few months” he’s back on his bike<\/p>\n
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Chris Hoy nearly lost his leg to amputation after a mountain bike crash in Wales.<\/p>\n
Picture: Cycling star Chris Hoy was warned he could have lost his right leg to amputation following a horror mountain bike crash.<\/p>\n The six-time Olympic gold winner, 50, suffered the injury while mountain biking in Wales last year.<\/p>\n He was rushed to hospital and told he has risk of compartment syndrome where a sudden increase in pressure inside a muscle restricts blood flow. Doctors told him he could have lost his leg.<\/p>\n \u201cThere is a risk of amputation for anybody in that situation, the doctors tell you that,\u201d Sir Chris told the Sporting Misadventures podcast.<\/p>\n \u201cCompartment syndrome is the risk and I was given the warning. It is quite a sobering thought when you are lying there in this strange hospital ward and you are about to go for your operation.<\/p>\n \u201cTo be fair the doctors are very aware of compartment syndrome and that\u2019s one of the things that they are hyper-vigilant about.\u201d<\/p>\n Read More: Sir Chris Hoy and David Cameron slam NHS decision to block national prostate cancer screening<\/a><\/p>\n Read More: \u2018Brazen\u2019 masked robbers rip elite cycling team’s \u00a38,000 bike from car roof and leave 2nd bike \u2018mangled\u2019 in senseless crime<\/a><\/p>\n Sir Chris shared images of the multiple fractures in his lower leg and knee.<\/p>\n Picture: Following successful treatment and a “tough few months” the medallist said he’s back on his bike.<\/p>\n He said: “I launched off this jump and overshot it and my leg and knee just exploded. There will always be some compromise in [the leg]. <\/p>\n “It\u2019s been a tough few months but I feel like I\u2019m out the worst of it now.<\/p>\n \u201cI had a camera on my chest so I have full footage of the run but I still haven\u2019t downloaded it.<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t think I really need to or want to see it because it was such a painful experience that the less I remember about it the better.<\/p>\n Sir Chris was back on his bike after 12 weeks.<\/p>\n Picture: \u201cI can still ride my bike but I think the days of me sending it over big jumps and doing stupid stuff that would have been appropriate when I was about 15 are gone.\u201d<\/p>\n He added: \u201cI always felt like I had a good perspective on life, certainly with the last couple of years and all the issues I have had, but this has just given me another layer of appreciation for being able to stand up and get out of bed.\u201d<\/p>\n After the crash he was admitted to the Major Trauma Ward.<\/p>\n Picture: In October 2024, Sir Chris was diagnosed with stage four prostate cancer after doctors discovered a tumour when he went to get shoulder pain checked.<\/p>\n He was initially given two to four years to live, but in May be said his condition was stable.<\/p>\n Earlier this year, Sir Chris <\/a>told LBC’s Nick Ferrari he is doing well and “feeling great”.<\/a><\/p>\n He said: “Two years ago, I was diagnosed with stage four prostate cancer, incurable cancer, and completely out the blue, no warning at all. <\/p>\n “And it took some time to kind of lick my wounds and to recover emotionally, physically, mentally.<\/p>\n He plans to raise money for cancer charities through hosting a second Tour de 4 cycle ride after the inaugural event last year proved successful.<\/p>\n He told Nick Ferrari: “And part of it was coming up with the idea for this charity mass participation bike ride called the Tour de 4. It’s called the Tour de 4 because we’re trying to change perceptions of what stage four cancer can be about.”<\/p>\n He explained the Tour de 4 has been around 18 months to two years in the making, and he is “so excited” that they’re almost there.<\/p>\n Sir Chris and his wife, Sarra Kemp, have a daughter Chloe, aged nine, and a son Callum, aged twelve.<\/p>\n Mrs Kemp was told shortly after Sir Chris’ diagnosis that she had multiple sclerosis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"His treatment was successful and after a “tough few months” he’s back on his bike Chris Hoy nearly…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":546298,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[4985,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-546297","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cycling","8":"tag-cycling","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/546297","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=546297"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/546297\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/546298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=546297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=546297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=546297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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