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STRICTLY fans archetypal spotted Amy Dowden's wounded connected the BBC amusement past year.
It was announced contiguous that the 34-year-old Welsh dancer volition not beryllium returning to the dancefloor for the remainder of the bid aft collapsing backstage during Halloween Week.
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Lauren Oakley, who replaced her past week, will present execute with JB Gill permanently going guardant successful the competition.
Some fans noticed that Amy's ft wounded could go a occupation erstwhile she appeared connected Strictly's 2023 last for the radical dance.
One instrumentality pointed retired the moment: "She broke it past twelvemonth conscionable arsenic she finished her chemo. When they did the radical creation successful the last and she joined successful astatine the commencement of it, she had a walking footwear on. That's wherefore she danced beauteous overmuch connected the spot. I'm perfectly devastated for her."
A 2nd said: "I knew Amy's ft wounded would beryllium an issue, I broke my ft years agone and I inactive endure with the pain."
A 3rd commented: "Amy looked similar she was successful symptom erstwhile she took portion connected the radical creation past year, possibly she should person rested a spot longer."
The quality was confirmed by Fleur East connected today's occurrence of It Takes Two, with an official connection being posted on Strictly's socials soon afterwards.
Moments later, Amy made a connection of her own, praising the show, her travel to get backmost to the series after her crab diagnosis, and her hopes for JB and Lauren going forward.
Posting an affectional connection connected Instagram, Amy wrote: "My bosom is breaking close now. The past fewer months I yet felt similar maine again.
"Cancer was nary longer the archetypal happening I thought of erstwhile I woke up. It was choreography, euphony choices, which dances successful which order, what we needed to enactment on. I felt escaped again."
"My extremity since proceeding those words you person crab was to get backmost connected the Strictly creation floor," she continued.
"It's been specified a situation to get back, 1 I devoted 2024 too. Which with my unthinkable squad we got there. Something I wanted to bash for myself and loved ones.
"There was nary feeling similar it dancing again successful the ballroom with my Strictly family."
"Then I was partnered with the talented,kind, gentle psyche JB," she added of her partner.
"Every time our grooming country was chilled, hardworking and afloat of large smiles enjoying what we was creating unneurotic with a blossoming friendship."
"JB convey you for being the cleanable spouse back," she added. "We topped the person committee week 1 and continued to enactment truthful hard and convey you for being truthful passionate astir knowing the ballroom and Latin fundamentals.
"For maine that rumba volition ever beryllium 1 of my favs. I'm truthful sad, truthful upset and asking wherefore me, wherefore present that our travel has been chopped short."
"My bosom close present is breaking having to propulsion retired of the contention owed to a ft wounded and I cognize lone excessively good 'this excessively shall pass' and I'll beryllium soon amended and backmost dancing," she said.
"Something I've had to get utilized to successful my life."
"I'm definite astatine immoderate constituent we volition creation again JB To each the fans, to my loved ones, my strictly household convey you."
Ending the message, she added: "JB I cognize you and Lauren volition proceed to ace that creation level I'll everlastingly beryllium your biggest cheerleader."
Strictly Amy's crab 'nightmare'
The Sun's Jamie Downham takes a look astatine the beloved Strictly star's ups and downs...
AS Strictly Come Dancing viewers know, you'll conflict to drawback Amy Dowden without a immense grin connected her face.
But precocious the Welsh prima - 1 the best-rated Ballroom and Latin American nonrecreational dancers the UK has ever produced - has suffered a drawstring of "nightmare" blows to her health.
She was diagnosed with stage 3 bosom cancer successful May past twelvemonth and underwent a afloat mastectomy, earlier having chemotherapy towards the extremity of 2023.
However, she aboriginal reported docs had recovered a clot connected her lung, telling fans sadly: "Unfortunately I've had different nightmare this week."
Nonetheless, brave Amy, seen present dancing with James Bye, made an epic instrumentality to Strictly the pursuing period with an quality that left galore viewers successful floods tears.
As 2024 dawned, she admitted: "I consciousness I was robbed of the twelvemonth I had planned and reflecting for maine makes maine upset and angry."
However, she was soon smiling again. Amy, her hairsbreadth starting to turn backmost aft her crab treatment, was seen messing astir with her co-stars Dianne Buswell and Vito Coppola connected the Strictly circuit earlier this month.
And contempt different spell successful infirmary successful February, she inactive mustered a cheeriness galore would conflict for, telling fans: "The prima is shining - and I surely can't hold for Spring."
And we surely can't hold to spot you dancing again, Amy...
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