The Blast Waltz
Daily Mirror|November 27, 2020
JJ will dance through the pain as shrapnel wound in leg is infected
Tom Bryant
The Blast Waltz

Superhero Strictly star JJ Chalmers has revealed he has been dancing through pain in his leg caused by an infected shrapnel wound.

The injury, suffered when he was caught in a bomb blast while serving in the Marines in Afghanistan, became infected shortly before the show began.

JJ, 33, has been managing the pain, but it flared up this week as he and Amy Dowden, 30, practised their Viennese Waltz.

JJ told the Mirror he was determined to still make the dance floor this weekend.

This story is from the November 27, 2020 edition of Daily Mirror.

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