'Working for charity showed me reality'.Byline: By Ben Glaze South Wales Echo The South Wales Echo is a daily newspaper distributed in south Wales. It was founded in 1884 and is based in Thomson House, Cardiff city centre. It is published daily, in a tabloid form, by Media Wales Ltd (formerly Western Mail & Echo Ltd), part of the Trinity Mirror group. World record hurdler Colin Jackson
Colin Ray Jackson CBE (born February 18, 1967 in Cardiff, Wales) is a Welsh sprint and hurdling athlete of Jamaican and distant today admitted charity work helped him see the real world for the first time. The 40-year-old Cardiff-born athlete supports Sport Relief, which funds sporting activities in the UK and abroad. He said it was a pleasure "knowing that we were raising money to help these kids spend their energy organising football matches rather than trying to kill each other." Jackson added: "As a sportsman you stay in your own world of success so Sport Relief was a great experience." |
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