Becky Adlington dislocates her shoulder in sickening accident on The Jump

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Olympic champion swimmer Becky Adlington dislocated her shoulder while competing in Channel 4's celebrity alpine competition, The Jump.

The two-time Olympic gold medallist was performing a ski jump to save her place in the programme after earlier losing her skeleton sleigh race against former Girls Aloud star Sarah Harding.

Becky, 26, appeared to land awkwardly on her shoulder as she descended from the jump into a giant air bag.

She described the pain as worse than childbirth and complained that she had to wait 40 minutes before her shoulder was put back into place. She was given oxygen to help cope with the pain and she couldn't bear to watch the accident as it was played back on The Jump.

 

Becky's place in next week's heat is assured after former EastEnders star Louisa Lytton scored the lowest ski jump and was eliminated from the series. But it's not clear if her sickening injury will be sufficiently healed for her to take her place.

Olympic gymnast Beth Tweddle was the fastest competitor in the skeleton race.

 

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Patrick McLennan
Patrick McLennan

Patrick McLennan is a London-based journalist and documentary maker who has worked as a writer, sub-editor, digital editor and TV producer in the UK and New Zealand. His CV includes spells as a news producer at the BBC and TVNZ, as well as web editor for Time Inc UK. He has produced TV news and entertainment features on personalities as diverse as Nick Cave, Tom Hardy, Clive James, Jodie Marsh and Kevin Bacon and he co-produced and directed The Ponds, which has screened in UK cinemas, BBC Four and is currently available on Netflix. 

An entertainment writer with a diverse taste in TV and film, he lists Seinfeld, The Sopranos, The Chase, The Thick of It and Detectorists among his favourite shows, but steers well clear of most sci-fi.