British Olympic skier Chemmy Alcott was ranked eighth in the world when she crashed on a World Cup training run in 2010 and broke her right leg so badly that – brace yourself – the bones literally pierced her ski boots. Experts described her injuries as “career ending”, but Chemmy, 29, is determined to prove them wrong. It will be next season before she can race again – her ankle has another 10 degrees to flex – but in the meantime she’s taken up skating in the hope of winning ITV’s Dancing on Ice, and at the time of writing had made it through to the third round.
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