Olympic legend Sir Steve Redgrave stacks it on the ice as first celebs spotted training for new series of Dancing On Ice

SIR Steve Redgrave took a face-first tumble arsenic helium pulled connected his skates to bid for Dancing On Ice.

The retired rower, 62, revealed his spot connected the nail-biting ITV world bid during an interrogation connected This Morning.

With the afloat Dancing On Ice 2025 cast line-up present confirmed - and Holly Willoughby's amusement kicking disconnected successful January - Sir Steve has taken his archetypal glides connected the ice.

Yet images amusement portion he's a earthy connected water, connected a frozen surface, it's a antithetic story.

Wrapped successful a bluish jumper and acheronian trousers, helium took his archetypal tentative moves accompanied by a antheral pal.

He held his arms retired for equilibrium arsenic helium made his mode crossed the rink.

Yet earlier helium could scope the different broadside of the hoardings helium fell look archetypal - putting his arms retired to enactment his fall.

Sir Steve past sparked interest arsenic helium laic with his feature connected the freezing acold crystal earlier his companion helped him up.

The sports ace, who won golden medals astatine 5 consecutive Olympic Games, precocious spoke retired astir his Dancing On Ice debut.

He told This Morning hosts Ben Shephard and Cat Deeley: “I indispensable beryllium closest to being 1 of the oldest, if not the oldest, connected the show, but I’m surely the heaviest that’s ever been connected the show.

"120 kilos, truthful that’s astir 20 stone, truthful I’m not light.

"And I’ve been asking [for] idiosyncratic large that tin assistance me."

When asked wherefore helium was giving it a go, Sir Steve laughed: "I don't know!

"But earlier this twelvemonth connected the bid it was Torvill and Dean's 40th day of winning their golden medal, and it's my 40th day arsenic good ... and we're friends.

"Some of my friends are saying it's a midlife crisis, but I'm excessively aged for a midlife crisis!"

The existent crushed Sir Steve decided to motion up for the bid was recently revealed - this being to support acceptable and suffer weight.

He has besides been candid astir being a Type 2 Diabetic.

After the afloat line-up for 1 of telly's astir daredevil shows came to light, fans were near moaning however Love Island's Chris Taylor is "on each show."