Libby Clegg has opened up about her training process for Dancing on Ice
January 26, 2020 - 18:03 GMT Aisha Nozari Dancing on Ice star Libby Clegg has been strutting her stuff on the ice, leaving judges and audience members alike impressed, so it's safe to say that the Paralympian certainly won’t be letting her deteriorating eyesight stop her. The 29-year-old, who is registered blind, has Stargardt’s Macular Dystrophy disease, a condition that has left the athlete with only slight peripheral vision in her left eye.
MORE: Caprice Bourret returns to Dancing on Ice after mysteriously severing partnership with Hamish GamanMORE: Dancing on Ice host Phillip Schofield forced to apologise live on air She explained:"On the track I run with a guide runner and we’re attached all the time, but basically it’s like learning a different vocabulary to communicate. Myself and my partner Mark Hanretty use touch and verbal communication. I’m not as bad as I thought I was going to be, but it’s not as easy as it looks. It’s a lot harder than I thought it’d be, it’s very technical."
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