Jake Closier, eight, had been playing in sand dunes in Norfolk, when the adder struck. It’s venom shrunk his veins and caused a terrifying black wound. His mum Sophie, 32, thought at first that the bite was only from a harmless grass
“On the one hand, he will be almost happy, because these are the challenges that motivate him. “He must have thought, ‘Great, you won … See you again in Paris.’ “He is very competitive, he has shown it over the years. “But