
Matthew Hudson-Smith’s glittering summer of success just a year after he tried to take his own life can serve as a beacon of hope and get more people into athletics, claims Michael Johnson.
British 400m star Hudson-Smith, 27, won bronze at the World Championships in Oregon in July before revealing he had endured “three years of absolute hell” after a torrid time with injury and Covid lockdown culminated in a suicide attempt in 2021.