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Ex-Olympic sprinter Kriss Akabusi has been banned from driving for six months and handed a fine of over £1,000 after he was caught speeding.
Mr Akabusi, 65, was caught travelling at 47mph on a 30mph country road on the Isle of Wight in a Range Rover Vogue which retailed for over £84k brand new.
Mr Akabusi already had nine points on his driving license and tried to fight disqualification by claiming in court that he has 'exceptional hardship.'
This argument was dismissed at Southampton Magistrate Court and instead he was handed a six month driving ban and fined £1,036.
Mr Akabusis was one of Team GB's star athletes in the 1980s and 1990s - winning a silver medal at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics and two bronze medals in Barcelona in 1992.
Kriss Akabusi, 65, has been banned from driving after he was caught travelling at 47mph on a 30mph country road on the Isle of Wight in his Range Rover
Mr Akabusa at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics where he won a silver medal. He was one of Team GB's star athletes in the 1980s and 1990s
One of those medals in Barcelona for the 400 metre hurdles set a British record of 47.82 seconds. The record still stands more than 30 years later.
He also won five gold medals across the World Championships, European Championships, and the Commonwealth Games.
After retiring from the sport he became a well known television presenter on
