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HOME > Dancing with the Stars 7Misty May-Treanor confirms Achilles injury, 'Dancing with the Stars' exit
Misty May-Treanor has confirmed that she will be unable to continue performing on Dancing with the Stars due to a ruptured Achilles tendon she sustained Friday during the show's practice.
May-Treanor -- who appeared on the show with crutches and her left leg in a brace -- told Bergeron that the injury had occurred on Friday during practice while practicing the jive with her dance partner Maksim Chmerkovskiy.
After landing backwards from a jump on her left leg, she said that she "heard a pop" -- which was loud enough to be picked up by microphones that were recording the pair's practice -- and after initially thinking that she had gone out of control and landed on the stairs near the judges table, "knew something bad had happened." "It felt like I got hit in the back with a baseball bat," she said. "I was like 'Ok I'm an athlete. Tape it up and get right back out there.' I tried to put more weight on it and it just felt like nothing was there. I didn't have an ankle, I didn't have a foot," she added. May-Treanor said that while the injury was not ideal, it occurred at a time when she was planning to take time off from her volleyball career and "didn't throw a wrench into any of the plans that [my husband and I] had." "I came back from another serious injury," she said optimistically. "I know with this one I'm going to come back even stronger." May-Treanor had previously undergone surgery to replace the posterior cruciate ligament in her left knee. Chmerkovskiy joined May-Treanor on stage and called her "a perfect person" without "a bad bone in her body." "I'm really sad, but I hope that we'll stay friends," he added. "We're gonna remain friends, and when I get healthy we're gonna come back and do the jive," May-Treaner responded. That's what I want." Bergeron said that Chmerkovskiy and May-Treanor would be welcome back whenever she was healthy to make good on their promise. Dancing with the Stars co-host Samantha Harris added that the unexpected departure's effect on the show's eliminations would be revealed on Tuesday's results show. May-Treanor's injury is not the first injury to strike a competitor on this season of Dancing with the Stars. Comedian Jeffrey Ross suffered a scratched cornea after being poked in the eye by his dance partner Edyta Sliwinska during practice before the show's premiere. Professional dancer Karina Smirnoff -- who is partnered with chef Rocco DiSpirito -- sprained her ankle in the first week as well. On Sunday, dance professional Derek Hough --who is partnered with model and former Rock Star host Brooke Burke -- hit his head on the dance floor during his dance practice and was sent to the hospital as a precaution. All three continued in the competition despite their injuries. 3835890 |
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