Dancing On Ice's Chris breaks down in tears as he makes plea to Libby Clegg

Dancing On Ice viewers branded Libby Clegg 'inspirational' as she skated for the first time this evening

Christopher Dean broke down in tears this evening after Libby Clegg's stunning skate on Dancing On Ice.

The skating legend, 61, was overcome with emotion after Libby performed with professional partner Mark Hanretty.

Libby was awarded the highest score of the series so far after receiving sevens from all of the judges.

A stunned Chris told her: "I hope that you can see what we see."

Jayne Torvill rested a rand on Chris' shoulder as he tried to hold back the tears and she praised her speed on the ice.

Meanwhile Ashley Banjo gushed he was "so happy" that she had done well with her skate.

Later in the green room, Libby spoke about the comments and gushed that partner Mark had put in "so much hard work" to help her get to the level she is at.

Fans were left equally stunned by the dance and flocked to Twitter to praise Libby.

One tweeted: "Libby is amazing. Even learning to skating for anyone is hard, but to be blind and learning must be so difficult. Yet she's come out and smashed it, she's the best skater in the competition, even if she didn't have her disability that performance was brilliant #DancingOnIce."

While another commented: "So inspiring seeing Libby Clegg our on the ice with almost no vision! Can’t get over how difficult that must be but you wouldn’t have been able to tell with how confident she was! Well done Libby! #DancingOnIce @LibbyClegg @dancingonice #inspirational."

A third remarked: "Fair play to Libby on #DancingOnIce ! Going out there and skating must be so hard when you can’t see. She’s so good!!"

*Dancing On Ice returns next Sunday at 6pm on ITV