James Ellington: 'Blood poured out of me. I thought I might not survive this' | Donald McRae

Olympic sprinter is regaining fitness and aiming to be back running on the track next year after a horrific motorbike accident in Tenerife left him in a wheelchair 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 the University of Brunel 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...