12 h. ago 'Next Torvill and Dean' are first to win GB ice skating medal in over 40 years

For the first time since Torvill and Dean's golden era, British ice dancing is back on the world stage thanks to rising stars Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson, who won Britain it's first figure-skating medal since 1984

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13 h. ago ‘Riding the wave’: Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson look to turn historic world bronze into Olympic glory

British ice dancers Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson have long been seen as the natural successors to Torvill and Dean. Now with an historic world bronze medal under their belts, they talk Flo Clifford through their rise to the top

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5 d. ago Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson win GB’s first world figure skating medal since 1984

The pair secured a historic bronze over 40 years after Britain’s last world medal, won by Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean

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6 d. ago Lewis Gibson and Lilah Fear win first figure skating World Championships medal for GB since 1984

The medal is the first for Great Britain in 41 years

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8 d. ago Fear and Gibson eye worlds breakthrough as Chock and Bates chase ice dance history

Britain’s most noteworthy figure skating duo since Torvill and Dean are aiming to put sport back in spotlight of 1984More than four decades have come and gone since Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean enamoured the world with their epochal Boléro routine at the 1984 Winter Olympics, collecting a slew of perfect 6.0s from the judges and a permanent place in British sporting lore. Their names remain shorthand for excellence in figure skating – especially in the UK, where the sport has long since faded from the spotlight.This week in Boston, however, another British ice dance duo are quietly building on a legacy of their own. When Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson take the TD Garden ice for the rhythm dance on Friday afternoon, they will do so as genuine medal contenders. After finishing fourth at the last two world championships, the pair arrive in Massachusetts in form: winners of both their Grand Prix assignments, bronze medallists at the Grand Prix final, and holders of seven national tit...

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2 w. ago Inside the Olympic conclave: Coe bids to relive 2012 glory but mystery surrounds vote

At a Greek resort surrounded by 131 infinity pools, six waterslides and a golf course designed by Bernhard Langer, Sebastian Coe is taking aim at a fourth Olympic triumph – but his path to victory is narrowOne question, more than any other, swirled around the exclusive Costa Navarino resort on Wednesday evening. Could Sebastian Coe really pull it out of the fire again? At the Moscow and Los Angeles Olympics he bounced back from defeat in the 800m to take 1500m gold. Then, against the odds in Singapore in 2005, he brought the 2012 Games to London ahead of Paris and Madrid.And now, in the final hours before Thursday’s vote for the next International Olympic Committee president, he was busy pressing flesh and securing promises in the hope of a fourth Olympic win. Continue reading...

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