Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson want Milano Cortina 2026 to reignite the British public’s love for figure skating.
Fear and Gibson quickly became fan favourites at the Games thanks to their eye-catching outfits and upbeat routines soundtracked to the Spice Girls and a medley of Scottish songs.
Their seventh-place finish was ultimately below their aims heading into the Games, with their world bronze in 2025 raising hopes of a first British figure skating medal since Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean in 1994.
But the pair are hopeful that the Britain's passion for figure skating will carry on past the Olympics and power an exciting new era on the rink.
Fear said: “A huge mission of ours is to get people involved in the sport and we know that the Olympics can do that – that’s the reason I loved ice dance was 2010 Vancouver.
“To give that to other people is a huge mission of ours. To have achieved that makes it even more meaningful for us. We want people to stay true to that inspiration and get involved.
“There is this reignition of the love of ice dance and figure skating in Great Britain that has always been there, it is so exciting. Let’s keep that momentum.”
Fear and Gibson were sat fourth after their Spice Girls-inspired rhythm dance but mistakes on their free dance meant they ultimately settled for seventh.
It has left the pair hungry for more, with the first chance coming up at next month’s World Championships in Prague.
“We know we can do it,” added Fear. “It was so close, that’s why it is so devastating. It was within reach for the first time in our career. Why not aim higher for the next one?”
The pair have resolved to make the required changes in order to push back up towards the podium, but one thing that will not change is their energy and style.
Gibson said: “We did it our way; choosing music we wanted to dance to, we didn’t have conventional paths to come together, or even starting in the sport.
“It is really cool that we were able to do it for us and I think that’s what resonates with people, the enjoyment that we have doing this sport.
“[At the Olympics], it was like we had to win over the crowd again like back in the day. I got excited by that.
“It was a US dominant [crowd] the first day and Italian dominant the second day so it was exciting that we had to introduce ourselves again and entertain them.”
Though the pair were left disappointed by results on the ice, that did not hold them back from embracing everything the Olympics has to offer.
“Everything happened in those couple of weeks, from high highs to low lows,” said Fear.
“We had a celebration no matter what at the end and really took in the Olympic experience.
“It was just so special, so many memories made, friendships formed. We wanted to enjoy it no matter what and I feel like we really stayed true to that.”
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