By Chloe Thomas PUBLISHED: 18:00 EST, 18 October 2012 | UPDATED: 07:31 EST, 19 October 2012 You'd have to be a very brave man to follow in Patrick Swayze’s footsteps in only the third week of Strictly Come Dancing. Well, either that or an Olympic gymnast. Louis Smith looked more than happy to take on the challenge as he practised with professional dance partner Flavia Cacace this week. The pair are set to recreate some of the famous sequences from the 1987 film Dirty Dancing, starring Swayze and Jennifer Grey. Turning back the clock: Gymnast Louis Smith and his dance partner Flavia Cacace (left) are to recreate some of the sequences made famous by Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey (right)
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Gymnast prepares to follow in footsteps of late heart-throb Patrick Swayze
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He and Flavia Cacace will reproduce routines by Swayze and Jennifer Grey
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Photographs from rehearsals show that pair's training is going well
Flying high: Leading men @placeholder (top) and Patrick Swayze (bottom) lift their partners in matching poses