Strictly Come Dancing star Karim Zeroual has been revealed as the latest celebrity taking part in Sport Relief: On Thin Ice - a triathlon with a perilous icy twist.
Karim, who reached the Strictly 2019 final with pro partner Amy Dowden, and a group of other celebrities will be taking on a 100-mile triathlon across a frozen lake in Mongolia, to raise money that will tackle mental health stigma.
Karim joins Nick Grimshaw, Frankie Bridge, Krishnan Guru-Murthy, Louise Minchin, Rob Rinder and Samantha Womack, who have already been announced as celebs taking part.
Karim said of the project:
“I’m a yes man and I love taking on challenges and being able to support people. Mental health problems can affect all ages and all genders. I struggled with it growing up. Your mental health needs to be just as strong as your physical health. I can’t express how much I despise the cold, and I know I have a shock coming to me but we’ve got a great team of celebs going out there.
"We’re going do our absolute level best to help raise money for this amazing charity that I’m honoured and humbled to be involved with. I’m sure our strength will keep us going.”
Dr Zoe Williams, who has been offering training support to the celebrities over the past couple of months, will also be joining the expedition team on the ground to offer medical advice and help keep the public up to date on how the extreme elements will affect them all.
The team of celebrities will be trekking, skating and cycling almost a marathon a day across the ice of Lake Khovsgol in freezing temperatures dropping as low as -35 degrees Celsius. All of the action will be filmed for a BBC One documentary which will air the week of Sport Relief, which is back on Friday 13 March.
Sport Relief: On Thin Ice will raise money to help improve life-changing mental health services and support many other projects tackling issues such as domestic abuse, homelessness and child poverty, both in the UK and around the world.
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