A lucky escape

Iron-willed Nathaniel Reilly-O'Donnell booked a place in today's Diamond Challenge Cup semi-final despite suffering s second car crash in ten days yesterday morning.

The 20-year-old former junior champion cruised to victory over Adam Freeman-Pask in the quarter-final by two lengths after overcoming the selected Patrick O'Hea on Thursday.

In a bizarre turn of fortunes the Durham-born rower was involved in a mini-bus crash yesterday morning and managed to plough his bike into a bus ten days earlier, but despite it all, he still remains on course for back-to-back wins in the competition.

Do you think that maybe he could be destined to win the competition?

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I know this isn't particularly a local story but I was impressed.