GMTV’s Michael Underwood was devastated last night after a fall during training ruled him out of the rest of the Dancing On Ice competition. Michael was taking part in a usual training session at Elstree studios ice rink with partner Melanie Lambert, learning his new routine, when during a standard stopping manoeuvre, he fell awkwardly on his ankle. Rushed to hospital in an ambulance, but with movement in his ankle, Michael hoped that it was just a bad sprain, but after X-rays, was devastated to discover that it was a clean break.
An ITV spokesperson said: “After breaking his ankle last night, Michael Underwood can no longer compete in Dancing on Ice. The whole team are sad to see Michael leave the competition in this way and wish him a speedy recovery.”
Michael said: “I would like to be be able to tell you it was something amazing, like some triple axle that I tried to do and failed, but all I was doing was trying to stop!”
“My reaction immediately was devastation, I was devastated. I was really upset and you’ll see that [on Saturday and Sunday] I was really upset but now I’m trying to put it all into perspective”
“It’s a clean break, to explain, there are two bones going down your leg that are attached to your ankle – one of them for me has snapped! The good thing is it hasn’t become un-aligned, it’s still in alignment and should set fine. Hopefully according to the doctor there won’t be any long term damage!”
“I have worked so hard, so hard and I am hoping that the people at home will see that I have improved over the time – from week one to week two and again I would’ve hopefully improved from week three. I think that’s the thing that hurt the most, I put in all this effort and time and I just wanted to prove I could do it – I just haven’t got the chance now”
“I’ve had a great time being part of the show, it’s been brilliant and I’ve had so much support from everyone and big thanks to everyone who voted. Who knows, maybe I can present my own skating show!”
“I’ll definitely be there for the live show on Sunday, I want to support the other guys and see them do well – it’s going to be hard, yes, but I want to be there to support them”
Full details of Michaels accident can be seen in Dancing on Ice: Make Me a Star on Saturday at 8.30pm on ITV1 and followed up in Dancing on Ice on Sunday at 6.15pm
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I think this is such a shame as he was having such fun doing this, will miss his smile and personality each week.
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