Dancing on Ice's Greg Rutherford has shared he's suffering from a groin injury heading into this week's live show.
The former Olympic athlete revealed he pulled his groin while warming up for last week's show, adding: "I just hope it doesn't get any worse".
Rutherford was appearing on Channel 5 show Alexis Conran & Friends when he opened up how his past injuries that led to his retirement have affected his time on the show.
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"My body isn’t what it once was anyway and I had to retire due to injuries anyway, so it’s very tough," Greg said.
"The thing is, you never lose the mindset of what you have, so in training and everything else, you’ll always push yourself. But the problem is things like this then take place and then you deal with it again, which is less than ideal."
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When asked if he was worried the injury would impact his journey on the show, Greg said: "A little bit, we’ll see. We’re having to push through to this weekend."
Greg added that he also had a nasty fall on the ice while training for this weekend's show.
Last weekend Greg danced with pro partner Vanessa James to 'On My Own' from Les Misérables, earning a 31.5 score from the judges.
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The episode saw the lowest-scoring couple immediately leave the competition, with Emmerdale's Roxy Shahidi and pro partner Sylvain Longchambon skating off the ice.
The skate-off then pitted the next lowest-scoring pairs, comedian Lou Sanders with Brendyn Hatfield and EastEnders' Ricky Norwood with Annette Dytrt, against each other.
Following the skate-off, Johnny Weir, Oti Mabuse, Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean all chose to save Ricky, with Lou being eliminated.
Dancing on Ice airs on Sundays at 6.30pm on ITV1 and streams on ITVX.
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