Medal-winning Olympian to break world record after second hip replacement

By Oliver Farrimond

A VETERAN Olympic hammer thrower is set to smash a British record – just weeks after a SECOND hip replacement operation.

Chris Black, 59, has battled back to full fitness after the procedure, which is his second in just over a decade.

And now Chris, from Edinburgh, is confident he can reach a new milestone – especially because he set a world record after undergoing his first operation.

He said: “I am living proof that life does go on even after a hip replacement – people can and do continue to do virtually all of the things that they used to.

“I’ve always been a really active person and I couldn’t bear to sit about and do nothing.