Laurence Sandum is the new British 800 and 1500 champion, following his successes in the British Transplant Games, held in Stoke in July. He also took silver in the 5k road run (with a 21:34 PB) and in the 10k cycle. He also competed in the World Transplant Games in Nancy in July (where he reached the 800m final and finished 8th out of 12). Laurence had a kidney transplant in 1999. ‘I used to cycle before – but never thought I’d be able to do that sort of thing again,’ he says. ‘The Games show what we can do.’