James Ellington waits for me on an ordinary weekday afternoon but, before I see the Olympic sprinter, I spot his crutches. The Indoor Athletics Centre at Brunel University is full of young runners, bristling with health, and it takes a while to find Ellington. I then see the crutches leaning against a high jump mat, where a man sits, and I know it is him.
Ellington waves and then, slowly but determinedly, he hoists up his damaged body and moves towards me. It is easy to tell the 31-year-old how impressed I am to see him on crutches because I have followed his progress from a terrible accident that nearly killed him and his team-mate Nigel Levine on a training camp in Tenerife in January. Ellington has posted social media updates from his wheelchair. He has either been doing wheelies or crawling to a set of weights to use for his press-ups.
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I want to be back running on the track next year. I want to be in winter training by December
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