Beth Tweddle: Wedding opens new book after The Jump crash

The Olympian said she has not fully recovered from breaking her neck on the show.

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Olympic gymnast Beth Tweddle has said she has still not completely recovered from fracturing two vertebrae in her neck on The Jump as she shared details of her wedding to Andy Allen.

The world champion and Olympics medallist needed surgery after a horrific accident while taking part in the Channel 4 winter sports show.

The crash left her unable to dress, shower, wash or dry her hair and suffering from flashbacks and night terrors.

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Tweddle after she was discharged from hospital (@bethtweddlenews)

She told Hello! magazine: “There are still moments where I’ll do something and it hits home that it happened.