Amy Dowden vows to return to Strictly after injury sees her miss major milestone

Amy Dowden was forced to retreat from this year's Strictly Come Dancing contention aft a ft injury, meaning she missed the accidental to observe a twelvemonth since triumphing implicit bosom cancer

Strictly's Amy Dowden is gutted not to beryllium dancing to observe 1 twelvemonth since finishing chemotherapy.

The Welsh professional, 34, returned to competing successful the BBC show for its 20th day aft missing retired past twelvemonth portion having cancer treatment. However, she was forced to propulsion retired this week aft fracturing her foot.

Amy said of tomorrow’s show: “Saturday is going to beryllium pugnacious due to the fact that I truly wanted to beryllium dancing connected that floor, to amusement myself however acold I’ve had travel successful 1 year.”

She told ITV’s Lorraine she had planned to creation the samba with her personage partner, JLS prima JB Gill, arsenic she felt it would beryllium a “joyful carnival blessed dance”. He has since been paired with Lauren Oakley.

After a mates of weeks of rest, Amy aims to instrumentality to the amusement successful immoderate capacity. She said: “I’m hoping to creation by the extremity of bid and evidently adjacent year. I’m determined. I’m utilized to having to prime myself backmost up. I’m heartbroken but I cognize I’ll consciousness better.”

Amy recovered a lump successful her bosom the time earlier her Maldives honeymoon with chap dancer Ben Jones, and was incapable to instrumentality portion successful Strictly successful 2023.

After attraction for signifier 3 bosom crab she announced successful February that tests showed she had “no grounds of disease”.