Dancing on Ice star Chemmy Alcott has opened up on the horrific injuries she's sustained over the course of her skiing career, insisting that she wears them with "pride".Speaking exclusively to Express.co.uk, the Ski Sunday presenter, 39, candidly discussed accidents she's suffered throughout her ski career, which she says she's "proud" of, as it shows she "pushed herself to the limit" while competing.The Alpine ski racer broke her neck skiing when she was just 11, which saw her have two vertebrae fused together.Altogether, she has broken 47 bones, including shattering her right leg in an 80mph accident, and a compound fracture of her fibula and open fraction of her tibia.Chemmy's right leg has a 15-inch metal pin and nine screws through the bone and she's undergone surgery for Anterior Cruciate Ligament tears.But when asked why she kept skiing in spite of her injuries, Chemmy gushed over her passion for the winter sport.She said: "I think the knowledge that the grass isn't greener, that I was able to make a small career out of something that I love doing, which is the most incredible job in the world."Actually, I'm really proud of all the injuries I had."Because all the injuries were proof that I was willing and confident enough to take risks," she added.The sportswoman told how she went through a phase of being too careful on the slopes which, while she didn't injure herself, affected her performance.Chemmy explained: "Actually I was healthiest in my twenties when I didn't break anything."It's because I was skiing within myself and I had a fear of failure."So I was choosing to go 80 per cent and keeping 20 per cent in my back pocket," she said.Chemmy went on to say how her scars reflected a time when she didn't hold.
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