A CHARITY has praised Scottish cycling star Chris Hoy’s courage in going public on his terminal cancer it fights to raise awareness of the illness.

The six-times Olympic gold medalist announced last week that his prostate cancer, a condition that both his father and grandfather suffered from, had left the father-of-two with between two and four years to live.

Prostate Scotland founder Professor Alan McNeill said Hoy’s announcement had “raised the issue up the agenda.”