Dan Jones had been competing at the Strongman competition in Southport on 1st September and made it through to the final, which involved carrying 80kg 20 metres to the finish line.
A father's kneecaps shot up into his thighs after he snapped both tendons and collapsed in a heap while competing in a Strongman final, leaving him feeling like he was 'on fire'.
The father-of-one, who has been in hospital for three weeks and has to learn how to walk again, hopes to be discharged before his 30th birthday next month.The horrifying footage shows Mr Jones racing along, just seconds before the finish lineMr Jones pictured with his wife Nicola Jones and 11-month-old daughter
'If I had won this event there was a chance I could have won my category and if I had come second I would have come second overall out of 16 people. For training, he worked out eight hours a week and ate a 4,500-calorie high-protein and high-carb diet that allowed him to tip the scales at 136kg when he competed.
'They then needed to put two sutures into my shin and build an internal brace to help my body fuse the tendon back together as best it can.
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