The Jump’s Dean Cain: Contestants voiced fears over safety – but it’s helped us to bond

The actor said the intensity of the competition has allowed him to make "lifelong friends"
Fearful: Dean Cain on The Jump
Ian Derry/Channel 4
Emma Powell17 February 2016
The Weekender

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US actor Dean Cain has said some contestants on The Jump voiced fears over safety in the training stages of the competition.

Cain, 49, said his fellow contestants were getting upset over the dangers of taking part in challenges on the Channel 4 show, but insisted that it had helped them to bond.

Speaking to Standard Online he said: “This is a great group. The camaraderie is great. There’s danger so you bond. Some people are upset, they say they’re not going to jump or this doesn’t seem safe. There’s a lot of complaining [and] small injuries [and] big injuries. It’s really intensive but you really do bond as a group. I’m going to make lifelong friends without a doubt.”

Cain – who was famed for playing Superman – also praised the trainers and said he does not worry about sustaining an injury.

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“The trainers are amazing,” he said. “They find your weaknesses and they give you drills. They changed my skiing and my knee feels 50 per cent better. My arms are black and blue. Linford [Christie] said ‘we’re the exact same colour’. I’ve tweaked my shoulder [but] I am not worried about injury.”

This year’s series has been plagued by criticism after several contestants were forced to pull out following injury.

Tina Hobley dislocated her elbow after the crew failed to clear the landing area while she was practicing on one of the ski jumps. Rebecca Adlington dislocated her shoulder, Linford Christie suffered a hamstring injury, Mark Francis Vandelli fractured his ankle and Beth Tweddle required surgery to fuse fractured vertebrae after she was injured while training.

In a statement Channel 4 said producers had been asked to “review safety procedures again to further reduce the prospect of accident”.

The Jump is on Channel 4 at 8pm on Sunday.

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