Former Olympic champion Michael Johnson is recovering after a mini-stroke, the American has revealed. Johnson, a regular athletics pundit on the BBC, said in a post on his official Twitter account on Saturday he had last week 'rather surprisingly suffered what's known as a Transient Ischemic Attack'. Olympian Michael Johnson revealed he suffered a mini stroke but is recovering very wellLast week I rather surprisingly suffered what's known as a Transient Ischemic Attack or mini stroke. — Michael Johnson (@MJGold) September 8, 2018In these situations being a former athlete has really helped with mindset but also a reminder that you need to take of yourself. Despite also claiming the 4x400m relay title, Johnson was later stripped of this over doping offences committed by his team-mates.

Source: Daily Mail September 09, 2018 00:11 UTC