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Craig Pickering - Back injury may end career

An Olympic sprinter from Coalville, forced to pull out of the London 2012 Games, because he injured his back - has also had to quit the Winter Olympics in Sochi.

Craig Pickering, who's 27 and from Coalville, trains at Loughborough University.

The runner was due to take part in the bobsleigh competition, having moved sports and spending the last 18-months in training.

The former four-by-100 (4x100) metre runner is unsure whether there's a future for him as an Olympian.

Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Leicester's Jonathan Lampon caught up with Craig, who started by telling him how he was feeling....

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