Ellie Simmonds in agony after disaster fall during Strictly rehearsals: 'Really hurts!'

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Ellie Simmonds, 27, appeared on the BBC Two show with professional dancing partner Nikita Kuzmin, 24. Her typical bubbly self, Ellie went on to tell host Rylan of a serious fall she had in rehearsals, as the pair started preparing for week six in the competition.

Ellie revealed that she fell on her bum after an over enthusiastic lift meant she missed her feet, leaving her a bit worse for wear.Laughing through the pain Ellie explained: “I had a bit of a land.

I fell on my bum and it was really with a thud.“I am sitting here now and it really, really hurts!“I have had trouble sitting down all day because of how we landed, it was a right thump.”Making Rylan chuckle, it was clear Ellie and Nikita’s fall was not going to put her place in the competition at risk, but it still took the wind out of her at the time.She continued to say: “I didn’t want to get too upset because I knew we had to go straight into it.“But I am feeling the effects of it now!”Explaining more about why Ellie took the tumble during rehearsals in the first place, Nikita said that it was Ellie’s Paralympic spirit that means she “launches” herself into potentially dangerous lifts.He added: “She is launching herself into lifts.She is going for them!“I think it is her Paralympian hunger; she just goes for it.”Interrupting her partner, Ellie exclaimed: “Well you have the power to lift me, so I do fly!”Before going on to say:” It was how I landed, I should have landed on my feet and not my bum!”Quickly wrapping up the story Ellie and Nikita also shared their joy at being kept in the competition, thanking viewers for voting for them.It comes after Ellie appeared emotional on the Strictly results show, after having convinced herself that she would be in the.