Shropshire Star

Silver medal for Shrewsbury Army veteran at Invictus Games

Army veteran Lance Corporal Clive Smith, 33, from Shrewsbury, has taken a silver medal as captain of the wheelchair rugby team at the Invictus Games.

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Clive Smith has featured as the face of the Royal British Legion's National Poppy Appeal

The UK narrowly lost out to the home nation Australia in the final 22-17.

It is the third Invictus games for Lance Corporal Smith, who is originally originally from Walsall.

He lost both of his legs above the knee in a blast in Afghanistan in 2010 when attempting to defuse a bomb which exploded.

Sapper Smith remortgaged his home in 2015 to pay for the £90,000 medical procedure to allow him to walk with bionic legs.

Clive has also featured as the face of the Royal British Legion's National Poppy Appeal.

Yesterday also saw Dave Watson, from Halesowen, win gold in the discus.