Dancing on Ice star Jayne Torvill has spoken out about the "dramatic" fall during rehearsals which left her needing surgery and unable to perform on the ITV show this weekend.
The champion skater, 65, is currently wearing her arm in a sling after rupturing a bicep tendon during practice with partner Christopher Dean ahead of the final on Sunday. The nasty injury sadly means that the famous pair will not be able to recreate their iconic Olympic routine on the ice, for the first time in the show's 15-year history.
Speaking to The Mirror, Jayne explained: "I had kind of tweaked my arm the day before it happened and just felt a bit sore, you get these odd pulls and strains and work through them. We were doing a lift that was part of our routine, and I said to Chris 'Maybe we won't do this today, this might pull on the tendon,' and he said OK, and then I said 'No, it'll be fine, let’s just do it' – and I felt it ping, it pinged like an elastic band and it was extremely painful."
