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CNN — Six-time Olympic gold medalist Chris Hoy has announced he has cancer, saying he is “optimistic, positive and surrounded by love.” Hoy, 47, posted a statement on Instagram revealing he is undergoing chemotherapy after receiving his diagnosis last year, something he says “came as a huge shock, having had no symptoms up to that point.” “My heart goes out …
Andrew Hoy has become Australia's oldest Olympic medallist at age 62 after winning a silver and bronze in the equestrian competition in his eighth Games appearance. Key points: Hoy was a member of Australia's trio who won silver in the team eventing competition The 62-year-old later won bronze in the individual event Hoy made his Olympic Games debut in 1984 …
The three-time gold medallist will stretch his own record of the most Olympic appearances by an Australian athlete, while at 62 he becomes the oldest male competitor ever from his country. Sydney: Veteran equestrian Andrew Hoy will compete in a record-extending eighth Olympics after being named on the Australian team Friday, 37 years after his debut at the 1984 Los …