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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1347585/British-skiing-pin-insists-shell-fit-Strictly-Come-Dancing-shattering-leg.html
Britain's top woman skier is facing a race against time to take part in the next series of Strictly Come Dancing after her leg was shattered in an 80mph crash on the slopes.
Chemmy Alcott, 28, a friend of Princes William and Harry and Princess Anne’s daughter Zara Phillips, fractured her right leg in more than a dozen places in the training-session crash in Canada last month.
She feared she would die but was airlifted to hospital for emergency surgery to rebuild the leg, which is now held together with nine screws and a metal plate.
Just a few weeks before the accident, Chemmy had been in talks about starring in the next series of Strictly, which returns in the autumn.
BBC bosses say their offer stands and Chemmy, who is still having intensive treatment, is determined to be fit enough to start training for the show in September.
A source close to the discussions said: ‘Chemmy says she is determined to make it on to Strictly. She says she wants something good to come out of all of this.’...
Kerr-ching!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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I guess she's retiring from competitive skiing then 
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Fantastic (also known as "revealing") costumes on that prog
I'll be watching then 
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+1 from me....
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halfhand, Well Strictly will take a lot of time, maybe she will give the skiing the miss the 2011/12 season and attempt to get fully fit for the next.
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Megamum, Here's hoping 
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I;m torn now. Mrs NBT's always been a missive fan of strictly, while I've always left the room. Think she might twig if I suddenly develop an interest...
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nbt, Just tell Mrs NBT that you have heard that there might be some skiing at some point 
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I would have thought that it might be quite a beneficial form of rehab, possible prior to returning to skiing the following season.
Needless to say, I shall be watching closely just how good a form of rehab Strictly is.
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hmm, when i picture her dancing (and i frequently do), it aint quite like that
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I'm your private dancer
dancer for money
do what you want me to do
just a private dancer
a dancer for money
and any old music will do
Dutchmarks or dollars
American Express will do
nicely thank you
let me losen up your collar
tell me do you wanna see me
do the Shimmy/Chemmy again?
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halfhand, I follow Chemmy on twitter and given the gym work, and all the rehab kit she says she's using I'm sure she is planning a return to competitive skiing. It's also interesting the work she's doing on TV now, should hopefully raise her profile/British skiing's profile a bit more.
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If Chem's signing up for the sequin-spangled-nation-distractor that is Strictly, she won't be training for a competitive return to racing for the 2011/12 season...
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You know it makes sense.
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I guess she'd do really well. Skiers always seem to do well on things like Superstars, presumably because to be a world class skier, you have to be a very good all round athlete and highly coordinated. Alain Baxter barely broke sweat when he won in 2004 and Lesley McKenna was very highly placed as well. And let's not forget that it was a Swiss skier - don't know the name - who beat Brian Jacks' record for dips on the parallel bars, the ultimate test of manhood!
I'm not sure that the hours of dance training would leave her well placed to ski competitively in 2012, simply because dancing requires a much different bodyshape to skiing.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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| The Flying Snowplough wrote: |
| Skiers always seem to do well on things like Superstars, presumably because to be a world class skier, you have to be a very good all round athlete and highly coordinated. Alain Baxter barely broke sweat when he won in 2004 and Lesley McKenna was very highly placed as well. And let's not forget that it was a Swiss skier - don't know the name - who beat Brian Jacks' record for dips on the parallel bars, the ultimate test of manhood!. |
Bode Miller won the US version of Superstars a few years ago.
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| rob@rar wrote: |
| The Flying Snowplough wrote: |
| Skiers always seem to do well on things like Superstars, presumably because to be a world class skier, you have to be a very good all round athlete and highly coordinated. Alain Baxter barely broke sweat when he won in 2004 and Lesley McKenna was very highly placed as well. And let's not forget that it was a Swiss skier - don't know the name - who beat Brian Jacks' record for dips on the parallel bars, the ultimate test of manhood!. |
Bode Miller won the US version of Superstars a few years ago. |
Hermann Maier, Jeremy Bloom & Kristi Leskinen too
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superstars
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| rob@rar wrote: |
| Bode Miller won the US version of Superstars a few years ago. |
I guess that to survive in one piece, with a functional set of limbs after even a short ski racing career, you've got to be quite special physically.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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| hammerite wrote: |
| halfhand, given the gym work, and all the rehab kit she says she's using I'm sure she is planning a return to competitive skiing. |
Chemmy has been training at my gym recently, so I can confirm that she does seem to be training pretty damn hard .... so from the looks of it I can't believe she's planning to retire.
On a separate note, it's amazing what the presence of an olympic athelete training (one legged) on the next rowing machine does for one's motivation in the gym!!
(edited for spelling)
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Can't see how she'd compete if she's doing SCD, as there are direct calendar conflicts - Can't be in battering down the ladies GS course in Aspen and twirling around doing your Tan,Teeth 'n' t*ts routine at the Tower Ballroom, Blackpool on the same day.
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Richard_Sideways, I understand she doesn't think she'd be back for those early races anyway. SCD will presumably help with the come back and, you never know, might be the missing link.
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If it helps her source some funding and raises her profile then good luck to her, she may need it if Lena and Kate's responses on the Mail comments thread are anything to go by.
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Wouldn't want her on Strictly anyway - never heard of her!
- lena, wilts, 16/1/2011 08:58
Um...who is she? Really? Hardly a celebrity...
- Kate, York, UK, 16/1/2011 00:12
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Classy lassies.
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| nbt wrote: |
| Mrs NBT's always been a missive fan of strictly |
Does she write in with comments then?
Sorry, I know what your username stands for...
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Richard_Sideways, that would be a problem. Much as I enjoy the campness of Strictly, it is more popularity contest than dancing contest, therefore if people haven't heard of her, she's unlikely to get many votes. The vast majority of voters are women so the fact that she's DDG might not help there.
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queen bodecia,
..... yes but it might do wonders for her popularity = more (much needed) funding.
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DB, and having a romantic entanglement with the professional dance partner helps with that!
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You know it makes sense.
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| queen bodecia wrote: |
| DB, and having a romantic entanglement with the professional dance partner helps with that! |
Let's hope she doesn't get paired with Anton!
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Poster: A snowHead
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Somewhat Hensonesque isn't it - I'm taking my sport so seriously I'm taking half the season out for this nicely paying and profile raising gig? I've no complaints and think its a great thing for her to do to transition to a future career as presenter or whatever but I wouldn't be surprised if her comeback in skiing is limited next season and if other opportunities come her way as a result of SCD then it would be natural to retire form competitive skiing.
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fatbob, I agree thoroughly, look at it this way, it's probably dawned her that her chances of actually winning a race have gotten further way, don't catching up with the Lindsays and the Julias (her mate). Snowsport is probably at an all-time high in Ireland and the UK and there is a gap for a female presenter/pundit....I'm aware it'd be a seasonal gig but who's the say she wouldn't pick up other sporting jobs along the way.
Fair dues to her I say....
Richard_Sideways, It's the Mail......says it all.
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I think it's a great idea. Watch out Graham Bell...Chemmy for Ski Sunday 
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The shelf life as a professional sportsperson is limited, and when you struggle to survive season to season anyway I think you have to do all you can to make sure you have a career or something to pay the bills when you can no longer compete. Fair play to her, she's either increasing her profile ensuring she can afford to compete for longer (I'm guessing 2014 Olympics will be her main goal now), or trying to make inroads into something she can do in the future.
I understand she's on an ESPN football programme this week too, and yet knows nothing about football!
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Maybe she is trying to be the next Gabby?
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As far as i'm concerned, most Footballers should take a look at CA's work ethic and dedication to her Sport, on next to no money by comparison. She's an inspireation as far as i'm concerned. Seems a pretty lonely job, being a Skier representing GB. Our Government should be ashamed of itself. I cringe when i read she has to train with other nations teams, just to be competitive. 
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| hammerite wrote: |
I understand she's on an ESPN football programme this week too, and yet knows nothing about football! |
She doesn't have to say anything, she can just sit there. I'll pay
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| spud wrote: |
| I cringe when i read she has to train with other nations teams, just to be competitive. |
I don't think there's anything wrong with that. If you want to be the best, it helps to train with the best, and learn from the best.
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| hammerite wrote: |
| spud wrote: |
| I cringe when i read she has to train with other nations teams, just to be competitive. |
I don't think there's anything wrong with that. If you want to be the best, it helps to train with the best, and learn from the best. |
Yes...I can see what you're saying, it's just the principle, if you get my drift.
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queen bodecia, I think you are right.
It's not about dancing, it's about how much the public like you.
Chemmy will not go down well with the Women's Institute of Sodding Typical, especially if their husbands watch it.
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