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A top British sprinter desperate to run in his home London Olympics next year has raised 32,550 pounds ($50,500) in sponsorship by auctioning himself on eBay. James Ellington told the BBC he “couldn’t be happier” after his effort to raise cash to train closed Saturday. He had 71 bids from 45 bidders over a 10-day period. “I didn’t think that many people would bid,” said Ellington, 26. He lost out on funding after enduring four years of injury problems, making him the country’s top sprinter without a sponsor ahead of the Summer Games.
