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Earlier this month, Torvill said Fear and Gibson had "taken ice dancing in Great Britain to another level".

What do you get British skating royalty as a retirement gift when they have been ice dancing together for 50 years?

They are hoping the wait may be nearly over with the emergence of Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson, who Torvill says have "taken ice dancing in Great Britain to another level".

The IOC at the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics gave gold medals to both Russia and Canada instead of taking the gold medal from the Russian pairs skaters after French skating judge Marie-Reine Le Gougne told her fellow judges that she put the Russian pair first in a backroom deal to get the Russian judge’s vote for the French team in the ice dancing competition later in the Olympics.

After a break from competitive ice dancing, then a strictly amateur sport, to pursue professional skating careers, Torvill and Dean also won bronze at the 1994 Olympics in Lillehammer.