We’re competing to be the new Torvill and Dean and even have the seal of approval from British skating royalty

No Team GB figure skater has won an Olympic medal since 1994

FIGURE skating legends Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean are hanging up their skates after 50 years – and already have successors in mind.

The Team GB legends won Olympic gold in 1984 and a bronze a decade later in Norway.

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Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean at a photo call.
Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean are passing the baton on to new figure skating hopesCredit: Getty
Ice dancers Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson performing a lift.
Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson are being tipped to become future stars for Team GBCredit: EPA
Portrait of Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson, British Olympic ice dancers.
The duo will be in action at this month’s World Championships in BostonCredit: INstagram

Great Britain is still waiting for another global figure skating medal over 30 years on.

Torvill and Dean are currently embarking on a farewell tour as they prepare to leave the ice behind.

And the pair believe Lilah Fear, 25, and Lewis Gibson, 30, can become the next Team GB skating superstars.

Dean, 66, told the BBC: “We’re retiring this year, so it would be nice to just hand that on to them.”

Torvill, 67, added: “[They] have taken ice dancing in Great Britain to another level”.

Fear and Gibson are three-time European medallists.

And the talented pair have come fourth at the past two World Championships. 

Earlier this season, they claimed Britain’s first ever medal at the Grand Prix final.

And ahead of this month’s World Championships in Boston, the pair are being tipped to eventually become household names.

Gibson got into figure skating after watching Torvill and Dean on reality TV show Dancing On Ice in 2006.

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The duo have worked with the iconic pairing on their routines over recent years.

Dean explained: “We sort of added a few little moves here and there.

“But I think what struck us right at the beginning was how well matched they were as a team, in stature and personality and ability.”

Fear and Gibson have next year’s Winter Olympics in Milan-Cortina in their sights.

Speaking about comparisons to Torvill and Dean, Lilah told Sky: “It’s a huge honour I think to be even in that sentence.

“It’s crazy for us and especially given Lewis’ start to the entire sport was watching Torvill and Dean on Dancing on Ice!

“It’s amazing for you to be in that position and then for me to be skating with Lewis and just the legacy they’ve had in Great Britain and in ice dance.

“It’s lasting to this day and I think that it is extremely kind to be in that sentence and it’s something that we don’t take lightly.”