Greg Rutherford shares details of his ‘agonizing and unpleasant’ Dancing On Ice injury as he prepares for surgery after a specific move caused the damage

Greg Rutherford has revealed what his ‘horrible’ Dancing On Ice injury is as he heads to hospital to have surgery. 

The Dancing On Ice star, 37, missed the final after experiencing a significant injury the morning of rehearsals but has not revealed what is was, until now. 

Taking to Instagram on Thursday, the Olympian said he ‘effectively gave myself a C-section’ after he tore his abs when he tried to skate through the legs of Colin Grafton.  

 Greg told fans: ‘Today is surgery day. Loads of people have been asking “what happened?”

‘I’ve been a bit busy and obviously just recovering from the initial injury before I had the surgery that I hadn’t got round to talking about it.

Greg Rutherford has revealed what his ‘horrible’ Dancing On Ice injury is as he heads to hospital to have surgery

The Olympian, 37, will head to hospital to have surgery after he herniated and tore his abs (pictured shortly after he injured himself)  

‘Long story short, I leapt through the legs of Colin and managed to tear all of my abs as well as herniate. So I effectively gave myself a C-section.

‘So yes, it was horribly painful. It needs to be operated on today and then I’ll be properly on the mend. It was very painful, pretty horrible.’

 Greg then posted the video of the move which caused the nasty injury. 

The Olympian was set to battle it all out against Ryan Thomas, Adele Roberts and Miles Nazaire for the trophy.

Ryan Thomas skated to victory and was crowned Dancing On Ice’s 2024 winner alongside pro partner Amani Fancy during Sunday’s action packed live final. 

Taking to Instagram on Thursday, Greg told fans: ‘Today is surgery day. Loads of people have been asking “what happened?”

Greg is pictured with his pro partner Vanessa James last month on February 4 while still on the show