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CHAMPION COMFORTABLE AFTER HEART ATTACK

Grand National-winning jockey Bob Champion remains in a 'comfortable' condition in hospital today after suffering a heart attack.

Champion, 52, was admitted to Addenbrooke`s Hospital, Cambridge on Friday.

A spokesman for Addenbrooke`s said: 'He is with us and his condition is comfortable.'

Champion overcame cancer to win the 1981 Grand National at Aintree aboard the Josh Gifford-trained Aldaniti.

His story was later told in the film Champions, where he was played by John Hurt, and he has been an energetic campaigner on behalf of the Bob Champion Cancer Trust.

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