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Dancing On Ice's Eddie the Eagle recalls sleeping in his car and eating from bins ahead of Winter Olympics as he prepares to draw on tough emotions for his Personal Skate


DOI's Eddie the Eagle has spoken of the sheer grit and determination he used to qualify for the 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics ahead of his Personal Skate in the ITV competition this weekend.

Dancing On Ice's Eddie the Eagle has spoken of the sheer grit and determination he used to qualify for the 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics ahead of his Personal Skate in the ITV competition this weekend. Eddie, real name Michael Edwards, has related his Personal Skate, which he will perform on Sunday, to his Olympic experience, recalling how he lived out of a car and ate food from bins while attempting to quality for the competition. Dancing On Ice's Eddie the Eagle has spoken of the sheer grit and determination he used to qualify for the 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics ahead of his Personal Skate this weekend

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