Coronation Street’s Colson Smith signs up for shock sporting show following ten stone weight loss

thesun.co.uk:

CORONATION Street star Colson Smith has signed up to new ITV TV show The Games where he will take on a series of Olympic sports challenges.

The actor, who has played Craig Tinker on the soap for a decade, agreed to take on the challenge to push himself following his ten stone weight loss.

Colson, 23, will be appearing on the new show alongside Mark Wright. A source said: “Colson has worked so hard to get fit so when he was approached by The Games he couldn’t turn them down. “He used running to lose ten stone in weight and now loves keeping fit. “By taking part in The Games Colson will be able to push himself to the limit and try out different challenges.” Colson is the latest big name signing for The Games after The Sun revealed how Heart FM DJ Mark had agreed to take part.

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