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Ben Turner & Tom Sunderland

British Olympian fighting for payout after suffering life-changing injuries in horror crash

A British Olympic athlete is fighting for a pay-out to rebuild his life after he suffered career-ending injuries in a motorbike crash in Tenerife.

James Ellington, a sprinter in the London Olympics, was a passenger on a motorbike driven by fellow athlete Nigel Levine when it crashed into a car in January 2017. James, 36, suffered several broken bones in both legs, lost six pints of blood, and fractured his eye socket, pelvis and ankle.

The injuries left him unable to compete in athletics for several years and resulted in sponsorships being terminated. Now, James is claiming compensation from a Spanish motor insurance company after it admitted liability for his damages in the motorbike crash.

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