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GB wins first world figure-skating medal since Torvill and Dean

Figure skaters Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson have won Great Britain’s first World Championship medal in the sport since the great era of Torvill and Dean.

The pair secured bronze in Boston in a long-awaited podium place, 41 years after Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean won their fourth global title.

“I can’t even describe my feelings, I’m still shaking,” said Fear afterwards. “I’m in disbelief.”

Gold was taken by the Americans Madison Chock and Evan Bates, who have now won the world title in ice dance in every season of this Olympic cycle.

Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson of Great Britain compete in the ice dance free dance during the 2025 ISU World Figure Skating Championships at TD Garden on March 29, 2025 in Boston, Massachusetts
Fear and Gibson improved on two previous fourth-place finishes at the worlds

The pair are the first ice-dancers to win three world titles in a row since Russians Oksana Grishuk and Evgeni Platov claimed four in a row between 1994 and 1997.