Torvill and Dean are tipping Suzanne Shaw and Chris Fountain as early favourites. Shaw, 26, said: “My legs are covered in bruises, I’ve had a bit of a twist to the knee and I’m just exhausted, really.
“I love to try new things and I’ve done gymnastics, so I’m quite daredevilish.” Hollyoaks heart-throb Fountain, 20, has a head start because he spent two years playing ice hockey for Bradford.
He insisted: “I thought it was going to be a lot easier than it is. I’m used to knocking people down, not picking them up.
“I don’t want to be the favourite because the favourite always loses.
“My skating partner, Frankie, is more worried about injuries than I am. I’ve got the responsibility of not dropping her on her face.” Former tennis star Rusedski also started out as an ice hockey player.
But he said: “I did play ice hockey but I was rubbish, that’s why I took… Read the full story