Posted on 13/04/2017 da Andrea Benatti in International Athletics, News // No commentA few weeks ago we wrote about the scary motorcycle accident that happened to one of the components of the English 4 × 100, James Ellington.He had had the worst of the accident that took place in Tenerife, during a training course for the English national team.His compatriot Nigel Levine, quartermiler who was with him on the bike, was injured, but to a lesser extent.Ellington spent 5 days in intensive care due to fractured pelvis and broken both legs.In an interview he also said:“The crash opened my helmet and I broke my head, with a fracture of the eye socket.I thought I was going to die on that road.I thought that everything was over, that I would lose my leg, while the season was surely over, my career was over, and this is the worst nightmare for an athlete "Ellington won the European Championships in 4 × 100 in both 2014 and 2016, and was certainly at the height of his career.Last year, at the age of 31, he had gotten personal at both 100 with 10 "04 and 200 with 20" 31.He had obtained six of the best performances ever out of his 100th just last year, reaching 5th at the Olympics always with the relay.Doctors have always been pessimistic about his full functional recovery, but he is motivated to keep going.He should start rehabilitation next week."I want to be there next year ... it might sound crazy to anyone who listens to me, but I've overcome a lot of obstacles in my life and I just have to look at this one as another."Ellington's real problem, however, is financial: in the UK, athletes receive subsidies for their sporting activity from the National Lotteries.The Federation, according to the thickness of the individual athletes, pays the deserving athletes.If he does not recover, Ellington will lose the current £ 21,000 he is living on.In short, outside Italy, athletics is something that must be conquered day by day.Copyright © 2022 |Gamefox News All rights reserved |VAT number 02239830223