Man relearns to walk after three week coma and is running London marathon from bcp bank mauritius Watch Video

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✓ Published: 18-Apr-2024

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A man who had to learn to walk again after being in a coma for three and a half weeks is training to run the London Marathon.<br/><br/>Connor Blundell, 25, was on a year abroad in Valencia, Spain, studying mechanical engineering.<br/><br/>Five weeks into his studies, Connor was out with friends when he fell four metres from a platform and landed onto his head.<br/><br/>Connor was unconscious and rushed to hospital where he spent three and a half weeks in a coma.<br/><br/>When Connor became conscious he was non-verbal and unable to walk and spent nine months in rehabilitation.<br/><br/>Connor was not able to leave Spain until May 2021 and continued his rehabilitation in the UK.<br/><br/>Less than four years on, Connor is walking and talking again and taking part in the London Marathon this weekend alongside his dad, Chris, 57.<br/><br/>Connor, an environmental consultant, from Sheffield, Yorkshire, said: \