A FORMER queen of the ice who has twice beaten cancer is to raise research funds with her miracle baby.

Ice-dancer Elaine Wright, 29, of Robins Close, Poulton, will do a lap of honour with her three-month-old son Kieran to help launch the Cancer Research Campaign's On Track For A Cure event at Blackpool's Stanley Park on August 14.

Kieran, born in March, was the child Elaine thought she could never have - doctors had said her chances of becoming a mum were almost zero after three years of gruelling chemotherapy, surgery and radiotherapy.

The former Hodgson High School student was performing with Walt Disney World on Ice when first stricken with Hodgkins disease in 1993.

After a year she skated back to health, but only six months later she collapsed while appearing in Beauty and the Beast in New York - this time suffering non-Hodgkins lymphoma.

Again she beat the odds to return to the job she loved, but last year new worrying symptoms appeared.

Elaine's mum Connie explained: "She said something wasn't right and we feared she had another tumour because she'd been told she couldn't have children. We were all gobsmacked when we found out it was a pregnancy."

Said Elaine: "At first I couldn't believe it. It was five months before I found out. Up until then I thought I had stomach ache."

Now Elaine, who lives with her mum and dad, Colin, a professional decorator, are limbering up for the major fundraiser at the Stanley Park athletic track. Other Fylde cancer survivors and their supporters will be running or walking in relays for a 12-hour marathon.

Said Elaine: "I wanted to help cancer research because I wouldn't be here today without it. I'm fit enough now and it's the least I can do to help to give back a little for what they've given me.

"We're hoping as many people as possible will take part or come down and sponsor us."

Organiser Mike Davis said: "Elaine is a real inspiration to everyone. She is the living proof that you should never give up hope.

"On Track For A Cure is a chance to make 12 hours really count and to pay tribute to someone you know or knew with cancer by dedicating your effort to your loved one.

"It's not a race, but a team effort to raise vital funds for the Cancer Research Campaign's pioneering programme of research."

Music, games, barbecues and competitions will help the whole day go with a swing. Anyone who wants to enter a team should contact Mike Davis on (0161) 793 1313.

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