Dancing on Ice star Greg Rutherford shares update from hospital bed after 'giving himself a C-section'

Greg Rutherford has shared an update with his fans from his hospital bed after undergoing an operation. The Olympian, who competed in the latest series of Dancing on Ice, missed out on performing in the final after sustaining a horrific injury during rehearsals.

The 37-year-old, who was also a contestant on Strictly Come Dancing back in 2016, told fans that he needed surgery after he effectively 'gave himself a C-section'. Greg had slid through the legs of professional skaters Brendyn Hatfield and Colin Grafton and tore his abdominal muscles, with his painful injury forcing him to pull out of the final alongside partner Vanessa James.

Host Holly Willoughby said at the time that everyone was "completely gutted" that Greg had to pull out of the show hours before facing Adele Roberts, Ryan Thomas and Miles Nazaire in the final round of the show. Co-host Stephen Mulhern said he was "so sorry" for Rutherford and sent him well wishes before actor Ryan later dedicated his win to the sportsman.

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Greg has since been offering small updates on his recovery whilst looking back at what could have been as he shared rehearsal footage of his and Vanessa's dance that they would have performed. But the clip also featured the moment he suffered the injury that left him in hospital and his stomach "in a bad way."

"Here we gooooo. This is the showcase we didn’t get the perform due to injury," Greg started the caption of his post. "The point where I dive through Colin and Brendyn’s legs is where everything went wrong last Sunday. This is from either Friday or Saturday so I was still ironing out a few timings issues (which I’m sure you