“YOU conquer or you die.”Those are the words of paralysed former Ipswich Witches star Kim Jansson, as he returned to Foxhall Stadium for the first time today since the crash eight months ago that changed his world.
“YOU conquer or you die.”
Those are the words of paralysed former Ipswich Witches star Kim Jansson, as he returned to Foxhall Stadium for the first time today since the crash eight months ago that changed his world.
The 27-year-old Swede, so popular on the terraces at Foxhall during his five-year spell with the Witches, is now confined to a wheelchair after breaking his back in a track crash in Sweden.
But despite his injuries Jansson is defiant his life goes onwards and upwards. And today he was at the Elite League clash between Ipswich and Lakeside to meet and greet fans who had helped him in his darkest days.
“You conquer or you die, that's my attitude towards this,” he says.
“After the accident the response of fans of speedway, especially Ipswich, was overwhelming. I never realised I meant so much to people.
“When I was lying in my hospital bed I was surrounded by hundreds of cards and letters. Yes there were dark times, of course, but also you suddenly take a look at your life.”
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