Olympic gold medallist Greg Rutherford has urged men to check themselves for testicular cancer, after opening up about finding a lump during lockdown.
Rutherford, who won gold in the long jump during the London Olympics in 2012, admitted his mental health "took a bit of a beating when fear set in" after he tried to ignore the lump.The 33-year-old could not face telling his wife, Susie, and it was not until he spoke to a friend who had battled testicular cancer that he went and got the lump checked.Luckily, it turned out to be a cyst but Rutherford is urging other men to get checked.Taking to Instagram, Greg posted a picture with his family and wrote a heartfelt message, which read: "I’m a lucky man.