Beth Tweddle released from hospital after sustaining neck injury on The Jump
Tweddle has updated fans on her progress throughout her time in hospital
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Your support makes all the difference.Beth Tweddle has been released from hospital after sustaining an injury during training for Channel 4’s The Jump.
The former gymnast was airlifted to hospital in Austria a little over a week ago after crashing into a barrier during training for the Winter Olympics-style reality programme.
Tweddle underwent surgery to fuse fractured vertebrae in her neck. Today, the 30-year-old tweeted a photo of herself wearing a neck brace to announce she was being discharged.
On Saturday, she said she had begun walking unaided for the first time since the operation and thanked the medical staff in Austria for being “fantastic”. She also thanked well-wishers for their messages, saying her parents have been reading them to her in hospital.
Tweddle is one of five contestants who were forced to pull out of the programme after sustaining injuries. Channel 4 said it will review safety procedures.
Olympic swimmer Rebecca Adlington, who withdrew after a nasty shoulder injury, told host Davina McCall the pain was “literally the worst thing that has ever happened to me, it was worse than childbirth”.
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