While the whole world reels from the attack in Barcelona new news are constantly emerging. The latest bit, relevant to the grappling community – is that British Olympic judo star, 40, was shot in the foot by a ricocheted bullet as Spanish police gunned down the Cambrils terror gang.

Winston Gordon, 40, who has competed for Team GB in three Olympic games was enjoying a late night beer with eight friends when he was caught up in the crossfire according to dailymail.

He was caught with a piece of shrapnel, from one of the bullets slicing through the skin on his left foot.

Seconds later the terrorist, who was wearing a fake suicide belt over his orange shirt, was lying dead on the ground.

The terrorist was one of five men who were in an Audi A3 which ploughed into people walking on the seafront in Cambrils at around 1am.

Four of the gang who were wielding knives were shot by a single policeman at the scene while the fifth man ran around 200 meters up the road.

 ‘I was with six or seven friends when two girls ran in looking really scared. “

‘A young boy was there, so I stood up and grabbed him and said: “What is wrong?”

‘He just replied: “Look over there.”

‘Then I saw this guy yelling: “Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar”. I turned round straight away and said: “Get away boys, go, go, go.”

‘He looked like a normal guy with dark hair from a distance, but when I saw him closer he had stuff taped to his body. There were objects on his chest. The first thing I thought was that he was a terrorist with a suicide belt.’

Gordon soon continued calling out to his friend who was filming the entire thing on his mobile:

This guy was just standing there and moving up and down. The police came along very quickly. It might have been a few seconds. We were only a few yards away.

‘The cops pulled up in front of him and told him to stand still. But he was still moving and they fired some shots. To me, it looked like they fired shots in the air to get his attention and frighten him.

‘A policeman then ran behind the car to get a better position and the guy started moving up and down again. Then there were more shots fired.

‘He went down, but then he got up and moved back round the police car. The police told him: “Stop, Stop” and they fired again.

‘At the time the second shots were fired, something ricocheted and hit my leg. I felt it straight away. It was like something just flew past my leg and cut me. It was just like I had been slashed.

‘I realised what had happened and shouted to the guys, “I have been hit on my foot.”

‘I think the bullet or a bit of it had come off the pavement or the road because I was not in the line of fire when the cops shot him.

‘My foot was bleeding. It came as a shock and I did not have time to think.’

Mr Gordon from Wandsworth, south London, who currently teaches judo in Munich, admitted he had ‘a lucky escape’.

He said: ‘When I think about it now, I was concentrating on looking at the guy while Fitz was standing there filming.

‘There could have been two or three of them come up behind us and taken us by surprise.’

Gordon went to the hospital the following day on advice from a friend who suspected it could get infected.

He said: ‘It was just a small gash. It had dried up and they dressed it. I didn’t need stitches or anything like that. ‘I have got my foot taped up now and I will continue doing the judo camp here.’