Sportsmen Colin Jackson and Graham Bell have joined Dancing on Ice. Bell, 54, is an ex-Olympic skier and admitted that the “transferable skills of edge control, balance” in his sport would be useful on the ice.
He told BBC Breakfast: “Ice doesn’t scare me, it’s the dancing.” His experience in that department is limited to “dancing on tables, wearing ski boots in apres ski.
It’s not graceful and elegant!,” he said. Former Olympic hurdler Jackson, 53, said: “I’m going to try and that’s the most important thing. “You go out there, you enjoy yourself and you learn a new skill, and to hone the skill of skating will just be a huge, huge plus.” Myleene Klass, Jason Donovan, Denise Van Outen, soap stars Joe-Warren Plant and Faye Brookes and DJ
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