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Clare Balding in emotional tribute to Sir Chris Hoy following cancer diagnosis: ‘A real-life superhero’

Clare Balding has shared a moving tribute to Olympic cyclist Sir Chris Hoy, who is facing a terminal prostate cancer diagnosis.

Not long after Chris Hoy disclosed that he had been diagnosed with terminal prostate cancer, sportscaster Clare Balding shared a moving tribute to the Scottish former cyclist. The veteran sportscaster has worked with Chris on multiple occasions (Credit: Loose Women/YouTube) In November last year, Clare Balding went on the record to clarify something she’d said about mixed sports. “We were working together – and I remember Chris leaning over the balcony to point at Jason and say: ‘Well done.’ The generosity of spirit is not always as strong among athletes who hold records.

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