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Injury-hit athlete credits university for recovery

Ethan Akanni said support from the university helped him recover from injuries related to the sport.
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  1. A young woman in a sky blue hat being hugged by a football manager in a black jacket

  2. Three women posing for a picture with David Bradley. The women are dressed in pink shirts with Moonlight Walk logo on it. David, standing in the middle in a black zip up top and coat is smiling at the camera

  3. A man on a quad bike in mid-flight while jumping over two cars, a digger and a police van. It is a sunny day at a show and there are marquees in the background. The stuntman is wearing a yellow suit, red and yellow helmet and his quad bike is yellow and red. A ramp is propped up before the first car.

  4. A mug shot of two men. They both have dark hair and dark facial hair

  5. A woman and her daughter stood in the crowd infront of a football pitch holding a sign that says we love you frank.

  6. Sky Blues players, including Victor Torp, Jay Dasilva, Frank Onyeke, Brandon Thomas-Asante, Joel Latibeaudiare and Haji Wright celebrate winning the EFL Championship title. They are wearing the club's home kit, with some wearing shirts celebrating the occasion.

  7. David is wearing a mid-blue blazer over a light blue shirt and light grey trousers. He is standing in a warehouse and in front of an autonomous baggage handling vehicle, made by his firm.

  8. A man wearing a blue sports top crossing his arms, stood on a staircase

  9. It is night time and there is a Warwickshire Police car on the left, which is neon yellow and blue. In front of it, parked on the road is a black BMW with the license plate blacked out.

  10. A man and a woman sat in a radio studio talking into microphones

  11. A woman with short red brown hair wearing a white t-shirt. She is standing on an indoor real tennis court which has colourful lines painted across the floor with numbers next to them. She is holding a small slim tennis-style racquet and a yellow tennis ball. There is a man standing in the background, also holding one of the racquets

  12. A large green field with a border of trees and bushes. two people walk over the grass. in the foreground is wooden fencing slightly higher than the field. on the other side of it is a concrete path and a road

  13. MP Zarah Sultana stood in the House of Commons wearing a red trouser suit and white top. She is holding A4 papers

  14. A newborn baby in a grey outfit with a toy elephant wearing a Coventry City kit

  15. Mugshot of Luke Jones, wearing. a grey jumper with a black top underneath. He has a black beard and is looking into the camera

  16. Malkit is smiling at the camera and has light-brown, shoulder length hair, Ben is a teenage student with fair hair with a fringe that is just below his eyebrows, Chris is a middle-aged man with a balding forehead and Beverley has blonde shoulder-length hair.

  17. A road with several cars driving along it and buildings on either side of it. There is a black and white average speed check sign to the left.

  18. A man wearing a dark red rain coat is standing outdoors with a green field behind him. He has grey hair and a stubbly beard. He is smiling for the photograph.

  19. Two medals are held up by a man wearing a blue coat. One medal is sqaure and reads "Coventry Half Marathon" while the second is round and reads "Coventry 10k".

  20. A newborn baby wearing a blue onesie with white stars lies on a blue and white stripy pillow, holding an elephant toy reading "Coventry City"

  21. A crowd of people can be seen from above standing inside a building. There is a door to the left and columns through the middle. A large black sign is in front of the doors.

  22. Two people standing smiling. A woman with long brown curly hair wearing a bright pink top which says Molly Ollys on it. The man has short brown hair and is also smiling. He has his arm around his daughter. He is wearing a navy jacket with avanti west coast on it. 

  23. A smiling Adam Lucas has short hair and grey beard and has sunglasses balanced on his head.

  24. The outside of a pub which has chairs outside and a brown wooden door at the entrance. There is a sign with a man's head on it and planters of flowers, one which says Wetherspoon" on it.