BBC presenter and former alpine skier Chemmy Alcott has provided a health update after being rushed to A&E with a collapsed lung. The incident occurred after she jumped from a five-metre-high platform into Lake Annecy in the French Alps.
Jump leads to hospitalisation
Taking to Instagram on Thursday (August 13), Chemmy shared that she rushed to hospital with a collapsed lung after the jump. Despite the jump not normally resulting in injuries, Chemmy shared photos of herself in a hospital bed attached to wires. A separate snap saw her receiving treatment, with a tube sticking out of the side of her chest.
Speaking in a video, Chemmy said: “Most people badly time a front flip off a five metre platform and get winded. I apparently don’t do things by halves, collapsed lung, chest drain and a very expensive lesson in rotation.”
Instagram post and reactions
She captioned the post: “Well… that escalated quickly. Turns out 5 metres is quite a long way to discover you’ve got the rotation wrong. One badly timed front flip. One very hard landing. One collapsed lung. One chest drain. And a few more hospital overnights than were on the holiday itinerary… I absolutely LOVED Annecy… but I’m not entirely sure it loved me back.”
The comments section of Chemmy’s post saw a host of her famous friends, many of them athletes, having their say on the incident and wishing her a very speedy recovery. Rally car driver Catie Munnings said: “Chemmy!!!!!!! Ahhh hope you are okay What are the chances?” Racing driver Damon Hill added: “Doesn't feel right 'liking' this post, but you know what I mean. Ouch! Oh no! Get well soon you maniac!”
History of injuries
This isn’t the first time Chemmy has gotten a bad injury. During her days as an athlete she broke her leg three times in a span of just four years. She previously told The Sun: “When I first broke my leg in 2010, I had so many surgeries. My bones actually broke through my ski boot. They had to put a screw through it, which meant it would never properly heal. My leg will always be broken. My surgeon told me some things I needed to hear. He sat me down and said that if I kept going competitively and crashed, he would have to amputate my leg from the knee down, because I don’t have any bone anymore. It shocked me.”
