NATIONAL ICON BOB'S KIDNEY TUMOUR OP

Racing star suffered on charity walk

- LOUIE SMITH

GRAND National hero Bob Champion has revealed he was suffering from a kidney tumour while completing a 191-mile charity walk.

In 1981, Bob, 72, famously rode to glory at Aintree on Aldaniti just one year after beating testicular cancer.

Last month he set off on a charity walk, with each mile representing the number of days between his diagnosis and receiving the all-clear.

However, Bob had suffered from back pain and is now facing surgery to remove a kidney tumour.

He said: “I had a very bad back pain just before I started my walk and scans showed I have a tumour on my kidney which needs removing.