Chris and Jana back together again

ROTHERHAM athlete Chris Rawlinson’s on-off marriage to his wife Jana is on again after the couple renewed their marriage vows.

The  couple, separated last year but they renewed their vows on March 31, their wedding anniversary, in a 14th-century stone church in the tiny village of Long Whatton,  Leicestershire.

The couple, who have a three-year-old son, Cornelis, separated last April, with Jana, an Australian Olympic hurdler, declaring the marriage was over and starting divorce proceedings.

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However, the pair reunited before Christmas when Jana (27) revealed that she had begged her estranged husband for a second chance for six weeks after discovering he had started dating another woman after the breakdown of their marriage in Australia.

With the ink barely dry on their divorce papers, the couple agreed that their March reunion was the happiest day in their four-year marriage.

"It was the most special day, my chance to tell the world how much I love Chris, to declare it in front of God," said Jana.

"So much happened to us in just four years, we needed to start afresh."

Former British Olympic hurdler Chris (37), who doubles up as his wife's coach, said that the couple's eight-month separation had taught them valuable lessons.