Britain gets first world figure skating medal since Torvill and Dean in 1984 | UK News

Team GB has its first world -figure skate medal since Torvill and Dean in 1984, ending a drought of over 40 years.

Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson won a bronze medal at the World figure skate championships on Saturday.

Their free dance to a Beyonce Medley achieved a total score of 207.11 at Boston’s TD garden.

The last time Britain won a medal at the championships was when Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean had a run from four to 1984.

Fear, 25, said she cried “uninterrupted” after winning the medal and that it had come true “a dream”.

“I can’t even describe my feelings. I’m still shaking, ‘she added.

Gibson, 30, also said the performance of the pair was a dream come true and thank those who cheered them.

“The crowd here was incredible and insane,” he said.

“I think we came at the moment we really worked, they were so loud and supportive, we are grateful for the audience.”

Fear told Sky Sports last month that it was a ‘great honor’ to be considered in the same sentence as Torvill and Dean, after Gibson was inspired to skate by the couple.

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Torvill and Dean are best remembered to win the gold medal at the 1984 Winter Olympics, to their Bolero routine.

The duo, who recently announced their retirement, is about to start a farewell tour, called Torvill and Dean, our last dance.

They also served as judges on Dancing on Ice, who was recently put on the ice by ITV, who confirmed that there were no current plans for a new series.