It was an incredible achievement and the pride can clearly be seen on former Coronation Street actor's Chris Fountain's face. So it didn't take long before Corrie co-stars piled in to support the former soap star.
Known for his role as Tommy Duckworth in the long-running ITV show, the 35-year-old has battled his own drama after suffering from a mini stroke in August last year. Doctors discovered he’d had a Transient Ischaemic Attack (TIA) after a blood clot lodged in his brain.
However, while he feared "life as he knew it" was over having spent five days in a London hospital due to the mini stroke, Chris has since dedicated himself to raising awareness of the condition. He trained for the London Marathon in a bid to raise money for the Stroke Association.
