Greg Rutherford has admitted that watching Dancing On Ice still gives him the chills - nine months after his horror injury on the ITV skating show. Last year the Olympic gold-winning long jumper, 38, was forced to leave the competition just hours before the final after he tore his two abdominal muscles and needed major surgery.
![[Last year the Olympic gold-winning long jumper, 38, was forced to leave the competition just hours before the final after he tore his two abdominal muscles and needed major surgery]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/20/01/94280541-14303285-Last_year_the_Olympic_gold_winning_long_jumper_38_was_forced_to_-m-180_1737337046279.jpg)
Now as the new series kick-started Greg revealed he is 'nervous' watching the celebrities competing after being left in serious 'pain' while skating last year. He told The Mirror: 'I am a bit nervous watching. You never know if you catch an edge wrong or if you are lifting somebody up and something goes wrong.
![[Now as the new series kick-started Greg revealed he is 'nervous' watching the celebrities competing after being left in serious 'pain' while skating last year]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/20/01/94280657-14303285-Now_as_the_new_series_kick_started_Greg_revealed_he_is_nervous_w-a-178_1737337034365.jpg)
'Mine was a real freak accident. But look, you are on ice, you've got blades connected to your feet. There is always a chance something can go wrong and when it does go wrong in that environment, it can go really wrong.'. Greg, who is dad to Milo, nine, Rex, six, and Daphne, two, revealed that his six-inch ab-tear scar is the same size as his wife Susie's C-section mark.
![[He said: 'I am a bit nervous watching. You never know if you catch an edge wrong or if you are lifting somebody up and something goes wrong. Mine was a real freak accident']](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/20/01/94280563-14303285-image-a-172_1737336740403.jpg)
Greg Rutherford has admitted that watching Dancing On Ice still gives him the chills - nine months after his horror injury on the ITV skating show. Last year the Olympic gold-winning long jumper, 38, was forced to leave the competition just hours before the final after he tore his two abdominal muscles and needed major surgery.
![[Greg, who is dad to Milo, nine, Rex, six, and Daphne, two, revealed that his six-inch ab-tear scar is the same size as his wife Suzie's C-section mark]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/20/01/94280673-14303285-image-a-174_1737336894263.jpg)
