Dancing On Ice's Kye Whyte crashes out of this week's show with injury after nasty fall

The professional BMX racer sprained his knee after falling on ice in rehearsals.

Dancing On Ice star Kye Whyte will no longer appear in this weekend’s show after suffering an injury.

The professional BMX racer sprained his knee after falling on ice in rehearsals.

Medical professionals advised the Olympic athlete it was safer to avoid skating this weekend – and ITV confirmed he will no longer compete on Sunday’s show.

An ITV spokesperson said: “During rehearsals for this Sunday’s show, Kye fell on the ice and sustained an injury and will therefore not perform in this weekend’s show.”

Kye said: “It’s an unfortunate accident. I’ve trained and worked hard with Tippy to perform this weekend.

“For me, as an athlete, I’m used to stuff like this happening where you get injured and can’t compete.

“I’m more sad for Tippy, she’s worked hard so not being able to skate is obviously upsetting.

“We both really wanted to do this number, it’s a cool performance and we put a lot of effort into it.

“I was so happy and excited for everyone when they skated last weekend. I was watching and couldn’t wait to skate this Sunday. I’ll be there cheering everyone on!”

The silver medallist won Great Britain’s first ever BMX Olympic medal last year.

Speaking before the show started, Kye said: “When I did the audition I kind of related it to roller-skating so I think I did pretty well… I think the thing I’m really confident about is I don’t really mind if I fall, I’m quite fearless.”

He continued: “I think I can win Dancing On Ice. I’d love to see if I can make the final because, as I said, I’m very competitive. You know what? I want to make the final!”

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