By Paul Burbidge - Dorset Echo

Former Weymouth Wildcats' racer Chris Johnson will not need another operation, after doctors gave him the green light to put weight on his shattered left leg. Johnson suffered a broken kneecap, severely broken thigh, broken pelvis and severe blood loss in a major smash at King's Lynn last October. And the 21-year-old travelled to Oxford's John Radcliffe Hospital expecting to be told he would need another operation to secure the fibia graft, which is supporting his thigh. But while specialists refused to rule out future surgery, Johnson was unexpectedly given the go-ahead to step up his recovery. The Isle of Wight man is now ready to take his recuperation to the next level and rebuild the wasted muscles in his leg.

He said: "I saw the specialist and they don't want to operate due to the risk of it getting infected again. Also, the fibia bone is growing really well and there is lots of bone forming around it. It's unexpected from my point of view because I was expecting to go in and have an operation. But I came out with no operation and I can now put 50 per cent of my body weight on that leg. So far, I've only been building up my quads but now they're telling me I can do all the exercises I need to build the muscles up. They told me to start walking on it; in order to try and stimulate bone growth and this has really improved my movement."