Sam Thompson shares worrying Soccer Aid health update after brutal challenge
Former Made in Chelsea star Sam Thompson, who suffered an injury during his charity mission, is preparing for Soccer Aid this weekend
Sam Thompson is putting all of his energy to 'play a part' in Soccer Aid after pushing his body to its absolute limits in the name of charity. The former Made In Chelsea star, 32, recently finished his five-day challenge, during which he raised money for Unicef and smashed the £1 million mark.
He could barely walk, let alone run or cycle, after tearing his calf, but was determined to make it all the way to the finish line. Just a few kilometres from the end of day one's marathon, Sam felt a pop in his calf. He pushed through the pain, torrential rain, and mental struggles as he finished the gruelling challenge.
Thankfully, his famous friends lifted his spirits on the journey from Chelsea's Stamford Bridge to Manchester Utd's Old Trafford to deliver a match ball ahead of the Soccer Aid game this Sunday.
Sam is also meant to take part in the match this weekend, so he has focused on getting healthy in order to 'play a part' on the big day. Taking to his Instagram Stories, Sam shared his routine ahead of the game.
Along with a picture of himself getting into a cold plunge, he wrote: "Trying to get those legs right for soccer aid!! I WILL play a part," along with a laughing emoji.
The star revealed to the Mirror how there were talks about him being 'medically discharged' last Monday because of his debilitating injury.
He revealed: 'I was crying into my physio's arms on day one, because I was just so terrified that I was going to be that guy who took this on and got medically discharged.
"They were talking about doing that but I was like 'no'.'
The star suffered a full rip of his calf muscle towards the end of the first marathon. Opening up about the full scale of injury, he said his leg 'completely gave up' at one point.
'I just got into a fast hobble and that just about worked,' he admitted as he crossed the line with donations to UNICEF hitting a staggering £1,516,433.22.
Sam was delivering the Soccer Aid for UNICEF match ball from last year's stadium, Stamford Bridge, London, to the home of this year's match, Old Trafford, Manchester. The total distance was 261miles.
He went on to add: "I'm on double codeine and paracetamol…I am not going to lie, it hurts a lot.'
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