Dancing on Ice's Greg Rutherford sends 'pretty rough' injury update with message to Ryan Thomas
11.03.2024 - 10:41
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Dancing on Ice star Greg Rutherford has issued a fresh injury update after being forced to pull out of the competition ahead of the final. The Olympic athlete had to quit the ITV skating show just hours before his final skate after suffering a "significant injury" in rehearsals.
Greg, 37, was due to compete on Sunday (March 10) with his dancing partner Vanessa James, but announced earlier in the day that he was “devastated” to have to withdraw.
At the start of the final, Willoughby said: "You may have noticed that Greg and Vanessa weren’t part of our opening and unfortunately Greg injured himself in rehearsals earlier today. "We’re all completely gutted and sadly he cannot continue in the competition."
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Co-host Stephen Mulhern also said he was "so sorry" for Greg and sent him well wishes. Later in the finale, it was explained that Greg had a "really bad accident" during morning rehearsals, sustaining the injury.
Since then, in a post shared on his Instagram Story, the former Olympian explained that he was being ‘sewn up’ after his accident. Posting a picture of himself lying in bed on Monday morning (March 11), he wrote in his caption: "Recovery sort of starts now…
"After a pretty rough first night, I’m looking forward to getting everything sorted and sewn up so I can get back to normal." He added: "Thank you all so much for your kind messages."
Meanwhile, Greg also sent a message to Ryan Thomas after he and his skating partner Amani Fancy were announced as the Dancing on Ice 2024 winners. After being 'speechless' over his win, Ryan said: "Listen