Mark Ballas Injured on DWTS Tour

December 29, 2008 at 9:24am PST
Tags: Dancing with the Stars, Derek Hough, Kristi Yamaguchi, Lacey Schwimmer, Mark Ballas, Shannon Elizabeth
Photos: ABC

Mark Ballas has pulled a muscle.

And it wasn’t in his face.

Dancing with the Stars pro Ballas, who has the most severe case of “Dancer Face” we’ve ever witnessed, has suffered a groin injury and will have to take a couple of weeks off the DWTS Tour to heal he announced to the crowd on Saturday night at the tour’s stop at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.

Mark, who won season six with Olympic skating champ Kristi Yamaguchi last May, was visibly in pain and let the audience know he wouldn’t be able to give it his all but sucked it up long enough for a big crowd-pleasing number with Yamaguchi followed by a high-energy hip-hop routine with fellow pros Lacey Schwimmer and our imaginary boyfriend, Derek Hough (hands off, Shannon Elizabeth).

Ballas needs to rest up so he can be ready for his return to DWTS for the eighth season, kicking off on ABC on March 9th.

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