Louise Hazel has admitted she's "still reeling" after losing out to Joey Essex on The Jump.
Louise Hazel
The heptathlete finished second to the former TOWIE star on the television series, after his "insane" 17.5-metre ski jump, which she's still struggling to come to terms with.
Speaking to BANG Showbiz about the experience, she said: "I was 100 per cent out of my comfort zone on the show but I still can't comprehend how I came second to Joey Essex?
"I'm the competitive one, the Olympian, there was myself, Mike Tindall, as you'd expect, and Joey Essex in the final.
"I still can't comprehend how we let him beat us and we're still both reeling from it now.
"You've got to hand it to him though, he jumped the biggest on the day.
"I was gob smacked. I stood at the bottom of the piste literally open-mouthed. I was like, 'What did I just witness?' It was insane but it was brilliant at the same time.
"It just goes to show you don't have to have years of experience with skiing like you do with athletics."
She also admitted that she thought some of the male competitors in the show should have mustered up the courage to go and take on the biggest ski jump.
"I'm disappointed that none of the guys went off the big jump. This is 'The Jump', it's not called 'The Plop'.
"We have to go for the big one and although I did come second in the show I can honestly say I've got no regrets.
"I know that Mike went off the big one in training and Joey hadn't actually done the big one at all. I felt I left Austria having achieved something even though it wasn't like the gold medal."
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