James Ellington says 'surgery went well' after motorcycle accident
Wednesday 25 January 2017 12:23, UK
British sprinter James Ellington has declared surgery "went well" following his motorcycle accident in Tenerife last week.
Ellington and Nigel Levine, who had been away at a training camp, suffered pelvic injuries in the incident.
The 31-year-old Ellington also sustained a broken tibia and fibula and a facial fracture, and he arrived back in the UK on Monday ahead of undergoing an operation on Tuesday.
"Out of surgery, all went well," Ellington said on his personal Twitter account.
"Feel like I have done 200 rounds with Tyson and 50 marathons."
The pair were sitting on the same motorbike when they were hit by a car coming at them around a bend on the wrong side of the road.
While their injuries are not life-threatening, there are fears about their ability to compete again at the highest level.
Ellington, a 100m and 200m specialist and two-time Olympian, was a key member of Great Britain's gold medal-winning sprint relay teams at the 2014 and 2016 European Championships.
The 27-year-old Levine is a 400m runner who won a European outdoor relay gold in 2014 and an indoor relay gold in 2013.
The duo will miss the entire 2017 season, which includes the World Championships in London.
